Explore the modern and popular craft of memoir writing. Every person has a story to tell. No matter your age, education, family, or location, your life is filled with tales big and small. Through workshopping and class critiques, students will explore how to shape their memories into cohesive and compelling narratives. Topics will include character development, setting a scene, authentic dialogue, building your story arc, and compelling opening sentences. Responding to weekly prompts, participants will share short writing assignments each class. Tuition for this class includes a fee of $10 for photocopying memoirs. School Policies Students who withdraw 48 hours prior to the first class are eligible for a refund or credit toward another class, less a $25 registration fee. Please click here for more details.

Term: Spring 2026

Suggested Ages: 18+

Dates: 3/12–4/30

Explore how four carefully chosen moments from your life can reveal the hidden architecture of your story. Using the Japanese narrative structure of Kishōtenketsu—introduction, development, twist, and reconciliation—students will learn to show rather than tell, applying both poetic precision and prose excellence to transform visual memory into memoir. Across three sessions, students will move from content creation to selection and from drafting to revision. Discover how seemingly disconnected moments connect across time, how the fourth image can illuminate what the first three couldn't say alone. Through contemporary workshop methods and sustained attention to craft, you'll train in both generous critique and fearless revision, learning to trust that your images already know your story, you just need to help them speak. School Policies Students who withdraw 48 hours prior to the first class are eligible for a refund or credit toward another class, less a $25 registration

Term: Spring 2026

Suggested Ages: 18+

Dates: 4/4–4/18