Applications for the workshops are now closed. The Direct Message page will be updated soon to reflect how the project is unfolding. Subscribe to my newsletter at the very bottom of this page to receive news in your inbox!

This project, by WNY artist Claire Connolly, is a painting series and run of workshops about collectively reclaiming our creative voices.

Connect with your own creative voice in a Kind Fools WRITE ON workshop co-led by Hy Carrel.

Engage, through poems and paintings, in rich, open-ended exchange with your neighbors.

Contribute, if you'd like, a poem to help shape Connolly's Direct Message painting series.

BACK TO PROJECT DETAILS

October 2, 2025 | Welcome & Info Event

October 16, 2025 | Workshop #1

January 8, 2026 | Workshop #2

March 5, 2026 | Workshop #3

June 5, 2026 | Exhibit Opening, & Book Launch

Project Dates

EVENTS

This project is made possible by the generous support of the Creative Impact Fund, through Arts Services, Inc.

This project is supported by Kind Fools, a program of Community Canvases, as well as Fitz Books and Waffles.