Creativity Workshop
A Vision for Artistic Vocation
Art House Dallas is excited to host a Creativity Workshop featuring accomplished author and professor Matthew Dickerson. In this workshop, we will explore J.R.R. Tolkien's vision of art and creativity in a fallen world, as well as how our mortality affects our creative process through Tolkien's short story, Leaf by Niggle.
The first session will feature live readings and conversations about the importance of the vocation and calling of the artist in a fallen world. The second session will be focused on the development of craft, which leads to the artist's maturity and mastery.
Workshop Includes:
Breakfast and Coffee
Art House Dallas Journal and Pen
Digital Copy of Leaf by Niggle — J.R.R. Tolkien
CREATIVITY WORKSHOP
Date: Friday, April 28
Time: 9:00 AM – NOON CST
9:00 — Breakfast
9:30 — Session One
10:30 — Reflection
11:00 — Session Two
Location: Life in Deep Ellum | 2803 Taylor St, Dallas, TX 75226
Registration: Registration Required | $25 and includes breakfast tacos and coffee.
If you are unable to afford the ticket price for this event, please fill out this form to apply for a scholarship.
Workshop Speaker: Matthew Dickerson
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Matthew Dickerson is the author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction in several genres whose works have appeared in a variety of print and online magazines and journals and is a popular speaker on a variety of topics including creative writing, fantasy literature (especially on the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis), philosophy of mind, and trout and fly-fishing.
He is a professor at Middlebury College in Vermont and is currently co-directing and teaching at the new Northern Pen Young Writers' Conference. For twelve years he was the Director of the New England Young Writers' Conference at Breadloaf, and still serves on the NEYWC Coordinating Committee and frequently leads workshops or craft sessions there.
