You will learn techniques to mine your life experiences to find stories. Participants will also learn about narrative structure and the essential elements to tell a compelling five-minute story. This will be an interactive workshop.
This project is funded in part by a grant from the Madison Arts Commission, with additional funds from the Wisconsin Arts Board.
Jen leads storytelling workshops around Madison, co-produces the Moth StorySlam in Madison, teaches the occasional social policy class at the University of Wisconsin School of Social Work, and also works at the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. She recently published her first book, We Are Staying: Eighty Years in the Life of a Family, a Store, and a Neighborhood.
Arts + Literature Laboratory is located at 111 S. Livingston Street #100, Madison, Wisconsin, 53703.
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