Write your way into summer with Christopher Luna!
Join poet Christopher Luna and PN Farm Arts initiator Abby Braithwaite on a guided hike featuring writing exercises related to the beginning of summer and poetry’s magical ability to stretch and/or accelerate time.
We will walk and write our way through the summer solstice. This workshop is open to writers of all levels. Writers will be given the opportunity to generate and share new writing throughout the day, as we explore the beauty of Plas Newydd Farm.
Light breakfast, coffee, tea and water will be provided. Please bring a notebook and pen, a sack lunch, water bottle and appropriate shoes and clothes to be out in the weather. At this time of year, mosquitoes can be quite active on the farm, so bring your best defense! We will have bug spray available.
Please note: If you have accessibility needs, please reach out and we will work to accommodate you. While we strive to make our workshops accessible to all, we are located in a historical home that does not have accessible restrooms at this point; our lowest entrance has two steps to enter; and this workshop is planned to be out on the land on uneven ground.
We do not require masks at most events, but we do have masks available on site, and run high quality air filters, and ask that if you are not feeling well, please stay home. Refunds or credit for a future workshop can be made available.
Cost for the event is $100. Learn more and register HERE.
We do have a scholarship fund! Reach out to arts@pnfarm.com to request financial aid for this workshop, or with any accessibility questions. We’re creative folks and will make it work if we can!
About the instructor:
Christopher Luna is a poet, editor, teacher, writing coach, and artist who served as the Inaugural Poet Laureate of Clark County, WA from 2013-2017. Luna has an MFA from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. He is the co-founder, with Toni Lumbrazo Luna, of Printed Matter Vancouver, an editing service and small press for Northwest writers. He and Morgan Paige co-host the LGBTQ+ friendly, all ages and uncensored Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic in Vancouver, WA, founded by Christopher in 2004. Christopher Luna’s books include Voracity (Lightship Press, 2022), Exchanging Wisdom: A Guide for Parents of the Autonomous (The Poetry Box, 2021 with Angelo Luna), Message from the Vessel in a Dream (Flowstone Press, 2018), Brutal Glints of Moonlight, and The Flame Is Ours: The Letters of Stan Brakhage and Michael McClure 1961-1978 (Big Bridge).