Creative Writing for Visual Artists

COURSE FINDER

Sep 24 - Nov 26

$525

If you would like more information about this or any other course offerings, please contact a SVACE Course Advisor at:

ce@sva.edu

Location

Online

Faculty

Laura Catherine Brown,

Writer, comics artist

Are you a visual artist who wants to write? Are you burning with a story, but can't find the words? Are you a private scribbler? Or maybe you're already writing but you've hit a plateau? This course will help you strengthen your voice as a writer, find your confidence, your passion and unique expression. Experimenting with language, form and narrative elements in a welcoming, supportive environment, we'll explore essential components of creative writing-character, plot, point of view, setting, theme, and more. You'll learn not only to write better, but also to find joy and inspiration in the act of writing, and to bypass those writing hang-ups we all have. There's no wrong way. A series of exploratory exercises using both visual and written writing prompts will give you a chance to try short-form fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry. Over the course of the semester, you'll produce a portfolio of written work and select one piece to develop and polish as a final project. We'll also discuss publishing, posting, submitting to lit mags, and the ways your creative writing can strengthen and inform your visual arts practice. As a final, we'll collect everyone's favorite pieces in a digital zine.
PREREQUISITE: No prior creative writing experience is necessary.
NOTE: This course is fully online and offered through a combination of regularly scheduled sessions during the listed course hours, as well as asynchronous material that may include prerecorded lectures and media, and interactive discussions.

Course Number

VNC-2358-OL

Credits

3.5 CEUs

Technical Requirements

The School of Visual Arts online courses are hosted in Canvas, our College-wide learning system. Most computers (5 years old or newer recommended) can access the course(s) without a problem. The courses work with Windows (Windows 7 and newer), Macintosh (Mac OSX 10.10 and newer), and Linux (chromeOS). Participants will need a minimum screen size of 800x600 (the average size of a netbook) and good broadband (Minimum of 512kbps) Internet connection to participate in the online courses.
Accessing Your Online Course
One business day after completing registration, you will receive a confirmation email from the Registrar’s Office which includes a schedule, username and password.

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Search for an email with subject line: “Your SVA Class Schedule” - sometimes the email goes to spam or junk.

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Reach out to registrar@sva.edu to request for the confirmation email to be resent.
Steps to Access Your Online Course
Login to myid.sva.edu

Select the Canvas LMS icon

The Canvas application is your online classroom. Here you can find your Zoom links and course materials such as supply lists, discussion boards, recorded lectures, etc. You will use Zoom for live video meetings. Your instructor will show you around how their particular course is organized.

For more information on Canvas, please visit the online courses section of the SVAIT User Guide.
Don’t see your course in Canvas?

You should see your course on your Canvas dashboard by 5:00 PM one day before the first class session.

If you are still having trouble finding your course through Canvas, please reach out to olt@sva.edu
Issues logging in?

Reach out to helpdesk@sva.edu .
Trying to access the Adobe Creative Suite?

Please reference the SVA User Guide here for further instruction.

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