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February 9, 2013
9:00 a.m. - Noon
To register, email Tara
Johnson.
Limit: 20 participants
Minimum Age: 6
Maximum Age: none
Location: International Wolf Center
Participan Rates:
$14 adult; $12 member adult
$7 child; $5 member child (3-12 years)
Program fee includes admission to the Center.
Pizza lunch following the program for additional $8.
Scholarship funds available through support from the Northland Foundation
and Operation Round-Up. For scholarship details or to apply, please call
(218) 365-4695 ext. 33.
Hone your writing skills and find your poet's voice, as you explore the
hushed serenity of the northwoods. Join us for "Writing in the Winter Woods"
workshop featuring poet and writing instructor DyAnne Korda and International
Wolf Center program specialist Tara Johnson.
Meet Your Presenters:
DyAnne Korda is a poet and experienced writing instructor. She has been
published in many journals including The Wisconsin Academy Review, and is
author of Path of Belonging, Between Moon & Creek and Finding the Lost Woman.
She was awarded a competitive grant to complete one of her poetry collections
through Norcroft: A Writing Retreat for Women in Lutsen, Minnesota. For as
long as she can remember she's been passionate about words and the natural
world. DyAnne's work echoes her belief that we can learn something when we
enter the woods to become a part of the seasons.
Tara Johnson is the Program Specialist for the International Wolf Center.
There she develops and teaches programs for WildKids Day Camp and WolfLink
videoconferencing and mentors in the internship program. She has a Bachelors
degree in Elementary Education and minor in studio art, Masters degree in
Environmental Education and Natural Science and taught in the classroom with
1st, 2nd and 6th grades. Bookmaking has been a passion of Tara's for many years.
Learning about and experiencing the wonder of the outdoors can be expected in
all of her programming.
Activity Level: One snowshoe hike through snow over uneven terrain for one mile.
Program Elements Include:
- Expert instruction by Center staff
- Investigation of the natural world during a snowshoe hike
- Field-trip transportation
- Guided writing exercises
- Time to reflect and write
- Bookbinding lesson
- Take-home book
- Free admission to the Center for the day
- Optional pizza lunch
Download important program details for
Winter Writing Workshop.
[PDF] (cancellation policy, details on lodging, meals and transport, packing
list and sample itinerary).[PDF]
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