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January 15, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Announcements, Home

The Art of Reopening: A Guide to Current Practices Among Arts Organizations During COVID-19

National Endowment for the Arts surveyed arts organizations throughout the country about reopening practices and creative responses to programming in 2020, during the pandemic. They published a report highlighting what they felt were successful responses to the crisis: promising tactics, best practices, and insights through nine selected case studies. The Adirondack Center for Writing was one … Continue reading The Art of Reopening: A Guide to Current Practices Among Arts Organizations During COVID-19

December 10, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Announcements

In The Media: National Endowment for the Arts “Chairman’s Corner: December 10, 2020” podcast

@adkctr4writing · National Endowment for the Arts "Chairman's Corner - December 10, 2020" Chairman's Corner podcast A weekly podcast with National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Mary Anne Carter. This week, the chairman gives us a sneak peak at the new report The Art of Reopening. @NEAarts Excerpt of transcript Mary Anne Carter: That's right, Jo, and … Continue reading In The Media: National Endowment for the Arts “Chairman’s Corner: December 10, 2020” podcast

MON – FRI | 3 – 5 PM
15 Broadway, Saranac Lake

If you’ve been meaning to make your writing life a part of your daily life, ACW Open Hours is here for you. For just $5 you can use our space to work, unwind, or meet other readers and writers in our community. Get 12 passes for $50 or a single day pass for $5.

Want to purchase passes for someone else? Pay-it-Forward by emailing us at info@adirondackcenterforwriting.org.

Space is limited to give each visitor room to socially distance.

Epistolary is a form as old as the novel. From Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s 1963 “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” to recent classics like Between the World and Me and On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, the letter has given shape to some of the most moving works of literature we have. Writing to just one person creates intimacy on the page, and intimacy can be powerful, universal. Write a story or essay in the form of a letter (or try fixing a piece you’re stuck on by revising it into a letter). Who are you writing to? What do you most want them to know?

S ubmit your response by Sunday, Jan 23, 2022. All creative writing responses will be shared on @adkctr4writing and adirondackcenterforwriting.org.

Note: You are expected to edit your own submission before sending it.