On Saturday, Nov. 18, from 10 a.m. - noon award-winning author Catalina Claussen will present a workshop: "The Fabric of Our Lives: Strategies in Weaving Story from Oral History, Archival Research, and Creative Expression." The workshop will be presented at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Silver City, 3845 N. Swan, just past the PNM Building in Silver City.
Are you interested in capturing lived experience, learning to connect with the community on your research journey, developing creative expression and multi-media? Catalina Claussen will share techniques and offer exercises in gathering oral history, diving into the archives, and how to incorporate multi-media aspects into your final product.
Whether you wish to write your memoir, or creative nonfiction, or fiction based on someone's life experience, or simply explore your family tree, this is the program for you. Catalina Claussen has become an expert on the subjects of oral history and archival research, while exploring her own family's multi-racial history, as well as working with Brandon Perrault on his family's Grant County history.
Catalina Claussen is an award-winning young adult novelist, poet, and short story author who carries on a love affair with the land, language, and people of southwest New Mexico. Her latest work, in partnership with Brandon Perrault and the Silver City Museum, is an oral history project chronicling the Perrault family history from 1864 to the present. She lives with her dog and tends a prolific garden on a ranch in the Mimbres Valley.
This program is presented as part of The Write Stuff project, sponsored by Southwest Word Fiesta, and hosted by author and writing instructor Kris Neri. This program presents a series of in-depth writing workshops throughout the year, offered by a some of the most accomplished local authors and instructors on a variety of writing challenges. Past presenters have included Elise Stuart, Julia Fricke Robinson, Kris Neri, and Heather D. Frankland.
All workshops are free and open to the public. No reservations. Seating is plentiful. Small donations are solicited to pay for the space, but no donations are required.
