Learning studio
Connect your creative practice with science via our unique courses, led by some of Australia’s most exciting writers, artists and scientists.
Science Write Now is excited to announce the launch of our Learning Studio, beginning with four virtual, self-paced creative writing courses developed with the support of Inspire Queensland for National Science Week.
Our first courses respond to the 2022 National Science Week theme: ‘Glass: more than meets the eye’. Led by Amanda Niehaus, Inga Simpson, Krissy Kneen or Tallis Martin-Baker and Louise Martin-Chew, these courses use science as inspiration to explore Conflict, Metaphor, Imagery, Sensuality, and more in one-of-a-kind ways.
Each course will take 3-4 hours, and is completely asynchronous—so you can complete it in your own time!
Image: Ocean Life, James M. Sommerville (1825–1899), Christian Schussele (American (born France), Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin 1824–1879 Merchantville, New Jersey)
Via https://www.metmuseum.org/
All Courses
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Heart of Glass: Inhabiting Story
Write a complete story, fiction or memoir with a focus on creating work that makes a reader feel like they are physically inhabiting the story, and which works with the reader to create meaning from patterns embedded in the storytelling.
$165
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Molten: Glass Blowing as Art, Science and Metaphor
The practice of glass-blowing combines all the elements: fire, earth, water, and air. In a series of three, one-hour workshops, you will consider the art and science of glass-blowing, its inherent contradictions, its connection to the natural world a
$165
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Writing Conflict: Evolution as Inspiration
In this course, we will look to nature to understand where some of our most fundamental conflicts come from — including those associated with courtship, parental investment, and sibling rivalry—and how these manifest in displays, fights, even murder.
$165
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Reflections: Bringing Image to the Page
Inspiration has diverse sources, and—like the passage of light through hand-blown glass—this is often a nonlinear, organic process.
$165