UPCOMING COURSE OFFERINGS

• The Art and Craft of Personal Writing: A Summer Creative Writing Class Series Open to All (In-Person)

  • 2 out of 4 classes remain

    • Coming of Age Stories (8/23)

    • Tributes to the Deceased (8/30)

• Course description: Explore your life stories this summer – the people, places, and moments that made you who you are – in a supportive group setting with local award-winning professor and SUNY New Paltz Writer-in-Residence, Dina Peone. Prompts are provided and sharing is optional.

  • Register here by August 22.

• The Art and Craft of Writing about Trauma (in-person at Cornell Creative Arts Center in Kingston, NY

  • 7 classes beginning Friday, September 11, 2026 through October 23, 12-3 PM ET

  • Course description: This artist-centered workshop is for anyone who wants to make something beautiful, meaningful, or purposeful from a difficult life experience through storytelling. Students will lead conversations about original works in progress, nurturing curiosity in themselves and each other, and developing confidence in the creative process. This is a supportive, nonjudgmental atmosphere built on trust, confidentiality, and mutual respect.

    Note: this class will focus on troubleshooting elements of craft and the creative process; it is not intended to be a substitute for therapy.

  • Read more about this course from students at SUNY New Paltz

  • Register here.

NEW-Dancing Out the Words: from the body to the page (in-person writing/dance class at Cornell Street Studios in Kingston, NY)

• Explore your carnal wisdom through experimental movement as a vessel for storytelling

  • Course description: If we could slow down and listen, what stories would your body tell? What poses, gestures, and movements might give way to poems, dramatic monologues, and memoirs waiting to be born? We all carry invisible experiences that long for physical expression, so let's together create a safe, nonjudgmental, intimate space where we might begin to process, and maybe even celebrate, some of these unheard truths. This class is perfect for any writer who is interested in exploring how elements of dance and theater could infuse their creative practice and shift resistance toward freedom. Sometimes the words don't come easily; we must allow them to pass through us as if by accident. Local award-winning professor, writer, and performance artist Dina Peone is here for these words, and she will guide a total of six students through this special event using an approach that is both trauma-informed and artist-centered.

    • This class may be offered on a 1-on-1 basis, or with up to 6 participants. Contact me to schedule your private 2-hour lesson and/or bring a friend. First three prospective students will be offered a special startup discount!

      • Accessibility note: Enter through the mint door and climb the stairs to the second floor. Straight down the hall, you will find Studio 2F.