The Split Rock Arts Program is the University of Minnesota's series of summer workshops and seasonal retreats in creative writing, visual art, and design. Held on the Twin Cities campus and at the University's Cloquet Forestry Center in northern Minnesota, the 27-year-old program is a popular destination for those who wish to study with outstanding artists and writers from throughout the world.
Three-day seasonal retreats are offered in March, April, and October; summer workshops and retreats begin every Sunday in June and July.
The 2010 program is host to more than 30 workshops and retreats that serve artists of all interests, backgrounds, and skill levels. All offerings allow for significant one-to-one contact between participant and instructor. Topics include: autobiography, poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, screenwriting, writing for children; book arts, calligraphy, picture book illustration, and a variety of visual forms.
Writing instructors for 2010 include: Nancy Carlson, Jack El-Hai, Patricia Weaver Francisco, Robin Hemley, Michael Martone, Jim Moore, Matthew Specktor, Joyce Sutphen, Catherine Watson, Larry Watson, Carole Boston Weatherford, and more.
No prerequisites. Graduate/undergraduate credit, scholarships, and accommodations available. Scholarship deadline for summer workshops and retreats is April 19, 2010. Registration is ongoing.
Summer workshops and seasonal retreats in creative writing. Topics include poetry; fiction (stories, novel); nonfiction (biography, essay, memoir, travel); and young adult/children’s literature, screenwriting, and mixed-genre forms.
2010: Includes Patricia Weaver Francisco, Robin Hemley, Douglas Holleley, Michael Martone, Jim Moore, Joyce Sutphen, Catherine Watson, Larry Watson, Carole Boston Weatherford.
Costs
Tuition $370/3-day; $555/week. Twin Cities on-campus private lodging $420/6 nights. Cloquet Forestry Center retreats shared room and board $230/3 nights; $485/6 nights. Graduate & undergraduate college credits and scholarships available.
U.S. Locations
Minnesota (Cloquet Forestry Center & Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Split Rock Arts Program, University of Minnesota
360 Coffey Hall, 1420 Eckles Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108-6084
United States
Phone: 612-625-8100
Fax: 612-624-6210
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