SUMMER 2026!

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We’ve got LOTS of cool writing opportunities on the calendar this summer, including our first-ever FULL DAY CAMPS at Camp Truetimber (4050 Transport Place), in collaboration with Open Space Education!

Other locations for our summer programming include Quarry (2707 West Cary Street) and Shop Two Three (1437 Hull Street) - and we’ve got virtual workshops, too. Be sure to note where your selections are taking place.

AGES 8-12

Dungeons & Dragons is a collective storytelling game played amongst friends with dice telling you what you can and can't do. You are cordially invited to come play D&D over the course of six weeks in this online campaign -- to build a character and go on an adventure with us. What makes this particular D&D game unique is that we will be taking breaks to allow writers space to write the story of their character, with the hope that -- at the end of the workshop -- the story will continue.

Open Space Education Morning Session, 9:30am-12:30pm

MYCELIUM MAGIC + TREE TALK

Teaching Artists: Joy + Claudia

We'll discover the secret world of trees, both above ground and underground, by walking and playing in the enchanted forest at Camp Truetimber. By learning about how trees are connected to a vast interwoven network of mycelium in the soil, we'll get a better understanding of how trees communicate and take care of each other. We'll learn to identify specific trees in the forest and along the creek, and as we learn more about them and get to know them, they'll inspire our art.

• Bring lunch!

RYW Afternoon Session, 1-4pm

Genre Exploration with Nature as our Muse

RYW Instructor: Cat

In the afternoon camp at TrueTimber, we will focus on honing our creative writing skills by exploring different genres, all with the theme of nature front and center! From writing for performances, to poetry and fiction, this class will offer students a chance to create stories in multiple genres while taking our inspiration from nature and other writers. By reading work about the natural world and interacting with it ourselves at camp, we will write poems, stories, and more just like the greats before us!

Dungeons & Dragons is a collective storytelling game played amongst friends with dice telling you what you can and can't do. You are cordially invited to come play D&D over the course of six weeks in this online campaign -- to build a character and go on an adventure with us. What makes this particular D&D game unique is that we will be taking breaks to allow writers space to write the story of their character, with the hope that -- at the end of the workshop -- the story will continue.

AGES 12-15

Why try one kind of writing when you can sample them all? Whether you're an experienced writer or new to writing, we'll have an approachable workshop to try a bit of everything. 

In between, we'll refill our creativity with writing games to keep the fun going. 

What's better than writing? Writing AND art combined! And we're doing it in such a cool new spot: Shop Two Three!

Using drawings, tarot/oracle cards, clay, and so much more, we'll use visual references and our own creations to inspire our writing. You'll leave this camp with both written and visual portfolio pieces to bring home. 

Dungeons & Dragons is a collective storytelling game played amongst friends with dice telling you what you can and can't do. You are cordially invited to come play D&D over the course of six weeks in this online campaign -- to build a character and go on an adventure with us. What makes this particular D&D game unique is that we will be taking breaks to allow writers space to write the story of their character, with the hope that -- at the end of the workshop -- the story will continue.