The Architecture of Memory: A Writing Workshop

The Architecture of Memory:
A Writing Workshop


Chezia Thompson-Cager

Saturday, October 4
2:00 - 5:00 pm

Free Admission
Call (410) 783-5720 to register

The Contemporary Museum will explore oral histories and the art of storytelling with a free workshop, The Architecture of Memory: A Writing Workshop, led by poet and scholar Chezia Thompson-Cager on Saturday, October 4, 2008. Through conversation and group exercises, Chezia Thompson-Cager will help participants translate memories into a story format and harness their "creative voice." Thompson-Cager says that the workshop "seeks to illuminate the real power that the individual has to master her or his own personal language and to use it to create a more humane world environment."

The Architecture of Memory will be held in conjunction with the museum's upcoming exhibition My Life in Fiction: New and Recent Works by Kianga Ford. The exhibition will explore how geography, social circumstances, and perception are used in storytelling.

Chezia Thompson-Cager is a professor of poetry at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has received numerous awards including the Baltimore Poetry for the People Association "Legacy Award," Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in Poetry, The Experiment in International Living research grant in Nigeria, and a Wye Humanities Fellowship.

Workshop Information
The workshop is designed to be intergenerational for ages 15 and older. No prior creative writing experience is required. Admission to The Architecture of Memory is free, but advanced registration is required. Workshop will be held at the Contemporary Museum. To register, contact the museum at 410-783-5720 or rhaywood@contemporary.org by October 2, 2008. Space is limited!

The Architecture of Memory is supported by the Maryland Humanities Council.