<![CDATA[True Ink - Upcoming Events & Classes]]>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:00:30 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[After School Classes at the Thomas Wolfe House]]>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:08:15 GMThttp://www.true-ink.org/1/post/2013/01/after-school-classes-at-the-thomas-wolfe-house.htmlCheck out the new True Ink  class offerings at the Thomas Wolfe House! You can download the flyer easily or just click on it to view in a large format. To register for classes please click here
]]><![CDATA[Asheville Wordslam!]]>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:44:18 GMThttp://www.true-ink.org/1/post/2012/03/asheville-wordslam.html
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]]><![CDATA[Classes forming for Winter and Spring]]>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:38:04 GMThttp://www.true-ink.org/1/post/2011/11/classes-forming-for-winter-and-spring.htmlWriting classes are now being organized for winter and spring 2012. True Ink can provide experienced teaching writers to your homeschool cooperative or afterschool program--complete with glowing references. We can also do private classes, organized around age, interest, schedule and location. We can even offer a class online or a combination of face-to-face and online. 

Just fill out the form below and we'll be in touch! 


]]><![CDATA[Poetic Shrines Workshop October 1]]>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:23:42 GMThttp://www.true-ink.org/1/post/2011/08/poetic-shrines-workshop-october-1.htmlA Poetry Writing and Craft Workshop
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Honor  your spirit and life (or someone dear) through poetry and an artful matchbox shrine.
Saturday, Oct.1
10:00am-2:30pm
$70  materials included
bring a bag lunch and a waterbottle
  Asheville Friends Meeting House
227 Edgewood Road

                                                           Facilitator and registration information....
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Lynn Weekes Karegeannes  is an artist and crafter.  A native of South Carolina, she has lived in various states of the U.S. and in France.  Lynn completed studies in Art History with a Bachelor’s degree from Rice University in Houston, Texas and a Master’s degree from The University of Texas at Austin.  She and her husband arrived in Asheville in 1999.  Two children quickly followed.  In between raising the children and assisting with several art-related programs as a volunteer, Lynn began to explore art and craft for herself in numerous different media.  Lynn has worked with beads, wire, polymer clay, shrink plastic, paper, paint, found objects, and lots of glue!   In June 2010, Lynn completed an introductory study of mandalas with Susanne Fincher of Decatur, Georgia.  She studied with artist Heidi Darr-Hope of Columbia, South Carolina.  She has also completed an introductory study of SoulCollage® with Susan Sihler of Asheville, North Carolina.  Her favorite art forms are collage and assemblage.
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Janet Hurley has been writing since she was in first grade ( she titled her first story The Eye!). She received her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a BA from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill , where she completed the honors program in creative writing. She's a frequent contributor to VERVE Magazine. and Our State Magazine. Known locally for her work with young writers, Janet has facilitated prose, poetry and storytelling workshops for adults in many venues including the Orange County Women's Center and Asheville Homeless Shelter (Chapel Hill), Women's Rehabilitative Services (Athens, GA), Wake Tech GED program, (Raleigh).
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]]><![CDATA[TEDxyouth@Isaacdickson]]>Thu, 19 May 2011 13:25:51 GMThttp://www.true-ink.org/1/post/2011/05/tedxyouthisaacdickson.htmlCome on out to the first school-based TEDx event in Asheville, June 2, 6:30 pm at Isaac Dickson Elementary, 125 Hill Street. You'll participate in the culmination of a year-long Writing to Change the World Project--these students will blow you away with their thoughtfulness and ideas!
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True Ink is delighted to once again be a part of Asheville WordFest, a free poetry festival in downtown Asheville.

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Family Poetry Scavenger Hunt
10:am-12:00
Meet at the Thomas Wolfe House Visitor Center, 52 North Market St
Poetry is all around us--and we'll go out and find it!
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1:00-3:00
Convene at Splashville, Pack Place
w/ Hobey Ford, Melinda Tennison, Lisa Alcorn, Cindy Bowen, Hal Mahan, Janet Hurley, Heartworks, SisterJ Spiritvoice. A family event where families can move, make art, learn and discover.

]]><![CDATA[Still Time To Register for Upcoming Teen Programs]]>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:34:00 GMThttp://www.true-ink.org/1/post/2011/02/still-time-to-register-for-upcoming-teen-programs.htmlPicture
Our Creative Intensive for teens will begin February 21. To register, click on the program menu above and then on the tab for Creative Intensive.
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Registration still open!



]]><![CDATA[Welcome 2011!]]>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:49:03 GMThttp://www.true-ink.org/1/post/2011/01/welcome-2011.htmlWelcome to True Ink's new website--where you can explore program offerings,  great resources, photos, writing and art by young authors and artists, and more! You can even register and pay securely online, if you'd like.

2011 promises to be an innovative and fun year--we're especially excited about new collaborations with
  • Roots and Wings School of Art  and Ginger Huebner,
  • Amy Hamilton, dance educator,
  •  Lynn Karegeannes, craft artist, 
  • Tamiko Ambrose Murray, writer and educator,
  •  Meggen Lyons, writer and educator,
  • TEDxNext Generation,
  • and the Asheville Culture Project, a fabulous new community resource for educators. 
Of course, we're thrilled to be continuing our relationship with
  • The Thomas Wolfe Memorial Site,
  • Isaac Dickson Elementary School,
  • Evergreen Community Charter School,
  • Carolina Day Lower School and  with those talented individuals that help to make Asheville such a creative and fun place to live.
If you are an arts educator or writer or an administrator with a community program  school, or  homeschool  cooperative and want to collaborate, contact us!
]]><![CDATA[Kudos]]>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:04:06 GMThttp://www.true-ink.org/1/post/2011/01/kudos.htmlTo Garrett Ruley, 14, for winning the National Book Arts Bash Award for his novel, Hollin. To read more about Garrett and his book, visit the Write Site, Asheville's First and Only Online Magazine for Young Writers.

To Mia Ankeney (age 10) Aeron McConnell (age 11)and Abby McConnell (age 9) for winning in the Wordfest/Blue Ridge Parkway Inaugural Poetry Contest, Spring 2010!

To the great folks who turned out for the May 8, 2010 Poetry Scavenger Hunt at the Thomas Wolfe House. Families went searching for poetry and here's a couple examples of what they found:



The Coffee Shop

By Austin Wood with help from Lila Wells

May 8, 2010

Mmm, coffee and brownies,

With sausage thrown in:

Three of the best smells.

Sour lemonade

In a cold, icy glass,

Conversation between families

All around.

The juicer, like a lawnmower,

Cuts greens into a glass

For the lady in the

Yellow and orange flowered pants.

The coffee maker gargles,

Rich and dark,

Into a warm mug,

Bringing good breakfast memories.

The kaleidoscope floor makes me happy.


Silver Wheel

(By Noah, Eliana, Mira and Jeremy Phillips)

Wind in leaves, tractor buzz

Left face sunny, right face breeze

In the middle of warm and cold

The wind is blowing my shirt around

            making it a bubble on my chest

At the store

There's an old lady singing breezy songs

The cat candy

Tastes like a fruit rocking horse and a slide

I see the Big Dipper every day

One side warm on the other cold

I wanna hear just one thing

            Am I still your sweet one?

And what else?

Fortune: Success is ten percent perspiration

            and ninety percent deodorant!







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