The Split Rock Arts Program is the University of Minnesota's series of summer workshops and seasonal retreats in creative writing, visual art, and design. Held on the Twin Cities campus and at the University's Cloquet Forestry Center in northern Minnesota, the 28-year-old program is a popular destination for those who wish to study with outstanding artists and writers from throughout the world.
Three-day seasonal retreats are offered in February, April, and October; weeklong and three-day summer workshops and retreats are offered in June and July.
The 2011 program is host to more than 30 workshops and retreats that serve artists of all interests, backgrounds, and skill levels. All offerings allow for significant one-to-one contact between participant and instructor. Topics include: autobiography, poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, writing for children; book arts, comic illustration, picture-book illustration, graphic novel, and a variety of special topics and forms.
Writing instructors include: Jessica Abel, Brenda Cárdenas, Nancy Carlson, Heid Erdrich, John Hildebrand, Gregory Orfalea, Shannon Olson, Sun Yung Shin, Richard Terrill, and more.
No prerequisites. Accommodations and Graduate/Undergraduate credit and scholarships are available. Scholarship deadline for summer workshops and retreats is April 15, 2011. Registration is ongoing.
Workshops and retreats in creative writing. Topics include autobiography, poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, writing for children; book arts, picture books and comic illustration, graphic novel, special topics & forms.
2010-11: Jessica Abel, Brenda Cárdenas, Jack El-Hai, Heid Erdrich, John Hildebrand, Jim Moore, Gregory Orfalea, Shannon Olson, Sun Yung Shin, Joyce Sutphen, Richard Terrill, and Catherine Watson.
Costs
Tuition $370/3-day; $555/week. Twin Cities on-campus private lodging $280/4 nights; $420/6 nights. Cloquet Forestry Center retreats shared room and board $240/3 nights; $485/6 nights. Graduate & undergraduate college credits and scholarships available.
U.S. Locations
Cloquet Forestry Center & Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
Split Rock Arts Program, University of Minnesota
360 Coffey Hall, 1420 Eckles Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108-6084
United States
Phone: 612-625-1976
Fax: 612-624-6210
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