The Sundress Academy for the Arts Workshop Series is proud to present “Dis/ability: A Writing Workshop.” Throughout history, disability has commonly been associated with restriction, pain, and fear. For many people, however, disabilities have also been a source of strength, empowerment, and creativity.
In this workshop, we’ll examine several pieces of writing that address disability from a variety of perspectives. Participants will have the opportunity to write in any genre, either to respond to one of the pieces or to generate original work around the topic.
Whether you are disabled yourself, have experienced a temporary disability in the past, care for someone with a disability, or simply want to deepen your empathy for people with physical, sensory, mental, or cognitive differences, this workshop will challenge you to think and write about the human body, its abilities, and its limitations in new ways.
The event will take place on Wednesday, September 9th, 2020, from 6:00-7:30 EST via Zoom. Join us at http://tiny.utk.edu/sundress with password safta.
This event is free and open to the public, although donations are encouraged via Venmo @Stacy-Estep or via Paypal (stacyjestep@gmail.com). Thanks to the Tennessee Arts Commission for making this event possible.
Stacy Estep is a fiction and nonfiction writer whose work has appeared in Atticus Review, bluemilk, and California Quarterly, among others. She has a background in indie publishing, web content creation, and public relations. For her fiction, she has been awarded a writing residency at the Vermont Studio Center. She lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, with her artist husband and two cats.
Very excited to explore this part of my identity and see if I can honor and integrate versus deny, ignore, obscure or downplay it. Just a note,,, the password here is different from the password in the email.
Thanks for letting us know! The password is safta!