Writing the Muses: A Creative Writing Workshop

This workshop is part of Upton's new programme of events and activities exploring artists and their muses.

Using the Nine Greek Muses modelled by the Chelsea Porcelain Factory, and other works in Upton's art collection, this workshop will look at inspiration in the arts, in the past and the present day. The day will involve a mixture of warm-up exercises, discussion and writing. You’ll have the opportunity to work in memoir, short fiction, and poetry in a relaxed, supportive atmosphere. Everyone is welcome, those new to writing as well as those more experienced.

Cathy is a widely published poet and has won a number of poetry competitions. She is currently working on a pamphlet of poems about growing up in the Lake District. She has a degree in Creative Writing and tutors in Creative Writing and Poetry at The Percival Guildhouse adult education centre in Rugby.

Connie is a published novelist. Her short stories and poems have appeared in magazines and anthologies in the UK and the US. She has a degree in Creative Writing, and teaches privately in Stratford upon Avon. She is currently working on her second novel, and a pamphlet of poems about Vincent Van Gough.

Refreshments - tea/coffee/biscuits will be provided. At lunchtime the Pavilion cafe will be open for you to buy lunch or you are welcome to bring a packed lunch with you.