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Get Creative in a Summer Class
You'll find our introductory classes, workshops, and studios in Poetry, Fiction, Memoir & Creative Nonfiction, Screenwriting, Comics/Graphic Novels, Storytelling, Songwriting, as well as many great classes for Kids and Teens. Plus we have a great series of all-new craft, creativity, research, and professional development seminars... and this summer, all 1-meeting seminars are only $35!
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Poetry
- Exploring our Landscapes: Poetry and Place: Saturday, July 24, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., online. Instructor: Amanda Gomez. More information
Writers Research
- The Work of a Detective: Saturday, July 24, 1-3:30 p.m., online. Instructor: Lt. Mike Lovely. More information
Writers Craft
- Writing The Weird: Saturday, July 24, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., online. Instructor: Patrick Dacey. More information
- Finding Your Author Voice: Sunday, July 25, 1-3:30 p.m., online. Instructor: Jayne Ann Krentz. More information
- Making Sci-Fi and Fantasy Digestible: Saturday, July 31, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., online. Instructor: Erin Beaty. More information
- Writing Diversely: Saturday, July 31, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., online. Instructor: Preslaysa Williams. More information
- The Power of Line Editing: Saturday, July 31, 1-3:30 p.m., online. Instructor: Jean Klein. More information
- Dialogue for the Screen: Saturday, July 31, 1-3:30 p.m., online. Instructor: Marcieanna Klaustermeier. More information
Storytelling
- Healing the Sting: Learning and Sharing Stories of Race: 4-meeting online class that begins Sunday, July 25, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Sheila Arnold. More information
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Most all classes will be held online, using Zoom. Our fall session will feature both in-person and online classes. To participate this summer, students must have a stable internet connection with a computer or device with a webcam and microphone.
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Great Upcoming Online & In-Person Events
Author Advice Club
Join Slover Library and The Muse Writers Center the third Tuesday of each month for a Q&A with a published author! This group is geared toward writers with some experience who are looking to gain insight into the world of professional writing; however, all are welcome to join. Registration required.
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Writers Happy Hour
Join us as we come back together and meet in-person for our weekly Writers Happy Hours--an informal get-together where area writers and Muse teachers, students, and friends enjoy conversation, camaraderie, and drinks. We look forward to seeing your faces again!
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Shakespeare in the PLOT
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Friday, July 23-Sunday, July 25, in-person at The PLOT in the Neon District, More information
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Shakespeare in the PLOT will take over the NEON district with an interactive festival set in the Roaring 20’s. The centerpiece of this three-day event will be a theatrical production of Romeo and Juliet. Free and open to the public.
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757 Comic and Cartoon Creators Meeting
Join us at the Muse for the meeting for 757 Comic and Cartoon Creators! Come hang with fellow comic artists and writers. Talk. Draw. Be merry. All that good stuff.
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Write Now! with The Muse & Slover Library for Adults
Are you looking for a little inspiration? Come on down (virtually), join us and Write Now! A talented and qualified Muse teacher will lead you through an easy, fun, and creative workshop full of writing prompts and creative sharing.
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Writers Happy Hour
Join us as we come back together and meet in-person for our weekly Writers Happy Hours--an informal get-together where area writers and Muse teachers, students, and friends enjoy conversation, camaraderie, and drinks. We look forward to seeing your faces again!
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Buy Indie Comics Day 12 Hour Drawing Marathon
To celebrate Buy Indie Comics Day, the 757 Comic Cartoon Creators are getting to together to do a 12 hour drawing marathon. Feel free to stop and join in or just learn about the local indie creators in Hampton Roads area!
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Suzanne Rhodes Book Launch and Q&A
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Join us for a reading by Suzanne Rhodes from her latest poetry collection, Flying Yellow, followed by a Q&A. This event will be held over a Zoom webinar, and a recording will be available after the event. Please register to receive the Zoom link.
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As people are becoming vaccinated, The Muse Writers Center is re-opening its physical space. Most of our summer classes will remain online.
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- From now on, we will be open to the public for people to use our space to write, meet others, and learn more about The Muse four days a week: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursday from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Everyone is invited to our Grand Re-Opening Celebration on Saturday August 21, from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. More information will be coming soon.
- The Muse has installed is installing an iWave-R air purification system that uses needlepoint bipolar ionization (NPBI) cold plasma technology to sanitize the air, killing viruses, bacteria, and mold.
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Come Back from COVID Campaign
Become a Sponsor
During the Coronavirus in-person shutdown, the staff of The Muse Writers Center has been busy preparing for our eventual re-opening. We are re-organizing our library, assembling more comfortable furniture for our classrooms, and more.
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All sponsorships are tax-deductible and all donors will be acknowledged with a thank you plaque on the item(s) or room(s) sponsored. Sponsorships can be made in honor of or in memory of someone special. Credit cards and checks are accepted. You can sponsor more than one item or room, and can split larger sponsorships into payments.
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What's Still Available?
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Stay Connected! Join The Writers Reservoir on Facebook
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Visit facebook.com/groups/WritersReservoir and connect with other writers and share articles, essays and personal experiences about being a writer in the world today as well as information about places to submit, contests, conferences, and more. The Writers Reservoir is more than a writers’ resource, it is a writers’ community! It is a place where writers can share, learn, connect and find that often elusive creative spark. The Writers Reservoir is a Facebook group. All writers are welcome to join and send invitations to join.
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The Muse Writers Center’s projects, classes, and events are made possible in part through sponsorship by the City of Norfolk Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Queen of Virginia Skill & Entertainment, the Business Consortium for Arts Support, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding has been provided by Virginia Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act economic stabilization plan of 2020 as well as The Literary Arts Emergency Fund, the Hampton Roads Community Foundation and the Norfolk Department of Economic Development.
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