Tom Laichas is author of Three Hundred Streets of Venice California (FutureCycle Press, 2023), Sixty-Three Photographs at the End of a War (3.1 Press, 2021), and Empire of Eden (The High Window Press, 2019). He holds a Ph.D. in History from UCLA, and taught U.S. and world history courses for over thirty years at the high school and college levels. His recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Prairie Schooner, Plume, The Los Angeles Times, The Irish Times, Blue Unicorn, and elsewhere. The featured American poet at the High Window Review (UK), his work has also won awards from Jabberwock Review, Puerto del Sol, and Prime 53. He lives with his family in Venice, California.

Lynne Thompson was Los Angeles鈥� 4th Poet Laureate and received a Poet Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets. In 2024, She represented the City of Los Angeles at the Marathon Po茅tique at the Paris Olympic Games. Thompson is the author of four collections of poetry: Beg No Pardon, winner of the Perugia Press Prize and the Great Lakes Colleges Associations New Writers Award; Start With A Small Guitar (What Books Press); Fretwork, winner of the 2019 Marsh Hawk Poetry Prize selected by Jane Hirshfield; and, Blue on a Blue Palette, published by BOA Editions in April 2024. The recipient of multiple awards, Thompson has taught for the University of Reno Low Residency Program, Napa Valley Writers Conference, and the Central Coast Writers Conference, among others. Recent work appears in Best American Poetry, Kenyon Review, Ploughshares and the anthology Dear Yusef: Essays, Letters and Poems For and About One Mr. Komunyakaa, to name a few. A lawyer by training, Thompson serves on the Boards of The Poetry Foundation and the Los Angeles Review of Books and is the current President of Cave Canem.

Handouts will be issued in conjunction with the workshop with the expectation that students will read in advance and participate in class discussions.

For Lynne Thompson鈥檚 workshop: The Making of a Poem (edited by Mark Strand and Eavan Boland), Personal Best (edited by Erin Belieu and Carl Phillips), and any volume of Best American Poetry (pay particular attention to the poets’ comments following the poems).

We will be introducing a new schedule for Writer鈥檚 Week 2026! All workshops will begin at 9AM and include a lunch break from 12-1PM, concluding the day at 4PM.

Included in the week-long programming, we will be hosting featured events such as Craft Talks and Lectures. These will be hosted twice a day: the first session starting at 2:30PM and the second session at 7:30PM.

On Wednesday, we will have a rest period. During this time, you will be able to attend optional sessions, an afternoon open mic, and Beat Nite at Middle Ridge Winery and Galleries in Idyllwild鈥檚 town center!

Julia Ingalls‘ stories, essays, reviews, and other work regularly appear in Guernica, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Los Angeles Times, Salon, BOOM California, Crimereads, KCRW, and Dwell, among other publications, anthologies, and public radio programs. Her in-person literary reading series, “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” has received rave reviews in The Los Angeles Times and The L.A. Weekly, and features emerging and established novelists, poets, essayists, graphic novelists, and short story writers. As a moderator and host, she relishes facilitating in-depth discussions of books and the ever-evolving role of literature in our contemporary society.

A week before class begins, please email the draft of a personal essay, memoir, or an idea for a subject you’d like to write about to subtextdesign@gmail.com. For the first day of our workshop, please bring something with which to write (a pen and paper is preferable).

We will be introducing a new schedule for Writer鈥檚 Week 2026! All workshops will begin at 9AM and include a lunch break from 12-1PM, concluding the day at 4PM.

Included in the week-long programming, we will be hosting featured events such as Craft Talks and Lectures. These will be hosted twice a day: the first session starting at 2:30PM and the second session at 7:30PM.

On Wednesday, we will have a rest period. During this time, you will be able to attend optional sessions, an afternoon open mic, and Beat Nite at Middle Ridge Winery and Galleries in Idyllwild鈥檚 town center!

I will create a packet (in PDF form) for each class that features relevant examples of excellence from a diverse group of writers. We will review the readings from the packets in class together.

Esinam Bediako is a Ghanaian American writer from Detroit. She is the author of the Ann Petry Award-winning novel, Blood on the Brain (Red Hen Press, 2024), as well as the essay/poetry chapbook, Self-Talk (Porkbelly Press, 2025). Her work has appeared in Porter House Review, Cathexis Northwest Press, Great River Review, North American Review, and Southern Humanities Review. She has worked as a high school English teacher and administrator, a creative writing and journalism instructor, a textbook editor, and, during one nerve-wracking summer, a pharmacy technician. Esi writes and edits for the Spondylitis Association of America, a nonprofit supporting people with spondylitis, a chronic inflammatory spine condition. She lives with her family in Claremont, CA.

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The lab fee covers all course readings and handouts.

A laptop or notebook and writing utensil for in-class activities.

We will be introducing a new schedule for Writer鈥檚 Week 2026! All workshops will begin at 9AM and include a lunch break from 12-1PM, concluding the day at 4PM.

Included in the week-long programming, we will be hosting featured events such as Craft Talks and Lectures. These will be hosted twice a day: the first session starting at 2:30PM and the second session at 7:30PM.

On Wednesday, we will have a rest period. During this time, you will be able to attend optional sessions, an afternoon open mic, and Beat Nite at Middle Ridge Winery and Galleries in Idyllwild鈥檚 town center!

No portfolio required. Open to all levels, from enthusiastic beginners to emerging and established writers.

Brendan Constantine is a poet based in Los Angeles. His work has appeared in many standards, including Poetry, The Nation, Best American Poetry, Tin House, Ploughshares, and Poem-a-Day.  A popular performer, Brendan has presented his work to audiences throughout the U.S. and Europe, also appearing on NPR’s All Things Considered, TED ED, numerous podcasts, and YouTube. He currently teaches at the Windward School, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Midnight Mission. Since 2017 he has been developing workshops for writer living with Aphasia and Traumatic Brain Injuries. His fifth collection of poems, 鈥楾he Opposites Game,鈥� is forthcoming 2026 from Red Hen Press.

The lab fee covers all workshop materials and printed handouts

Bring your preferred means of writing 鈥� pen and paper, laptop, etc.

Poetry:

• Fear, Some by Douglas Kearney (Red Hen Press)
• Alive Together by Lisel Mueller (Louisianna State University Press)
• Selected Poems of Gwendolyn Brooks (Harper Perennial)
• Song by Brigit Pegeen Kelly (Boa Editions)
• The Oblivion HA-HA by James Tate (Carnegie Mellon)
• Cold Pluto by Mary Ruefle (Carnegie Mellon)

On Writing Poetry:

• The Uncertain Certainty by Charles Simic (University of Michigan Press)
• Glitter in the Blood by Mindy Nettifee (Write Bloody Publishing)
• Figures of Thought by Howard Nemerov (D.R. Godine)

We will be introducing a new schedule for Writer鈥檚 Week 2026! All workshops will begin at 9AM and include a lunch break from 12-1PM, concluding the day at 4PM.

Included in the week-long programming, we will be hosting featured events such as Craft Talks and Lectures. These will be hosted twice a day: the first session starting at 2:30PM and the second session at 7:30PM.

On Wednesday, we will have a rest period. During this time, you will be able to attend optional sessions, an afternoon open mic, and Beat Nite at Middle Ridge Winery and Galleries in Idyllwild鈥檚 town center!

A native of Baltimore, Judith Schonebaum has embraced the artistic environment of the West Coast, where the light, color and visual rhythms of California have become strong influences. Her work includes plein-air pastel landscape, figuratives, florals, mixed-media abstract collages of hand-made and exotic papers, and functional/decorative pieces created from recycled items. Many of her pastels were created here during time spent in Idyllwild. She received her BA in Fine Arts from the University of Vermont, including an intensive folk art program at the Shelburne Museum.

Rick Paulus has been a calligrapher and a teacher for over forty years. In 1998, he was appointed chief calligrapher of the White House, where he remained for two presidents until, in 2006, he left Washington, DC to explore new adventures in nature and in art. Today, when not enjoying calligraphic explorations in his studio on the shores of Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts, Rick enthusiastically shares the knowledge he gained through many years of studio production and artistic experimentation with students, young and old alike.

This colorful class covers a broad-range of calligraphy styles and methods, requiring many different tools and mediums, including; pointed pens, broad-edge pens, ruling pens, monoline pens, turkey quills, gouache, watercolor, color ink, black ink, fine pigments, lots and lots of paper, and vellum, all of which will be covered by the lab fee and provided by your instructor.

Cat Orlando has a degree in art with an emphasis on three dimensional design. She has been teaching at 蜜桃直播 蜜桃直播 Program since 2000. She is a lover of all art mediums and for over 30 years has enjoyed teaching others the joy and satisfaction that comes from diving in and learning a new art form!

Includes all materials and the use of tools.

• Refillable water bottle to stay hydrated
• Seat cushion for added comfort (we will be sitting most of the day)
• Hardcover book to alter (optional)
• Personal items such as papers, photos, or mementos to make your piece uniquely yours (optional)
• Favorite tools, if desired, such as:
• Scissors
• Knife
• Straight edge
• Pens or pencils
• Clearly label any personal items with your name

We鈥檒l spend the day working on our pieces, beginning at 9:00 a.m. each morning. After a midday lunch break, sessions continue into the afternoon and wrap up by early evening, just before dinner.

Cat Orlando has a degree in art with an emphasis on three dimensional design. She has been teaching at 蜜桃直播 蜜桃直播 Program since 2000. She is a lover of all art mediums and for over 30 years has enjoyed teaching others the joy and satisfaction that comes from diving in and learning a new art form!

Includes colored glass, substrates and the use of tools and materials.

• Bring a water bottle to stay hydrated.
• A seat cushion is recommended for added comfort, as much of the day will be spent sitting while you work.
• Class tools will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own. Suggested personal tools include an oil-fed glass cutter, glass snips, a glass cutting tray, and a straight edge. Please be sure to clearly label all personal tools with your name.

We鈥檒l spend the day working on our pieces, beginning at 9:00 a.m. each morning. After a midday lunch break, sessions continue into the afternoon and wrap up by early evening, just before dinner.

David Johnson graduated from The College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking Program in 1997 studying under James Krenov. Self taught as a seat weaver from the definitive book on the subject, The Caner鈥檚 Handbook, David later worked for its author at The Caning Shop in Berkeley, CA before going out on his own as Sidecar Furniture in 2005.

A regular contributor to Fine Woodworking magazine and featured in Craft in America鈥檚 Craft Video Dictionary for hand caning David teaches weaving at various art and woodworking institutions.

• Small hammer
• Nail set
• Scissors or floral shears that can cut at the tips
• Screwdriver with 录鈥� flat tip
• Ice pick or thin awl
• Paint and materials for decorating your stool if you like, or you can keep it natural wood

• Small frame for weaving cane onto
• Cane for weaving
• Small oak footstool for rush weaving 
• Paper fiber rush

Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, Daniel Garver currently lives and works in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. Daniel completed a BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2011 and the Core Fellowship at Penland School of Craft from 2015-17. He has participated in numerous residencies including the Jentel Foundation, AZ West, Haystack, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Western New Mexico University, Penland School of Craft, and the Mid Atlantic Keramik Exchange in Iceland. His work has been shown throughout the US in a variety of group and solo exhibitions.

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Raw materials for custom mixed casting slip and glaze, firings, and consumable supplies including plaster, sanding screens, mold release, wax, sand paper, shop towels.

Students will take away tools for continued mold making including clamps, mold straps, buckets for plaster, custom made coddle boards, surform, and a wood scraper for plaster.

The program will begin Sunday morning, with a brief orientation at 8:30 am. Workshops will start at 9am.

Sunday night will feature a program mixer, where you will have an opportunity to meet with your classmates outside of the studio, as well as meet other students in our adult programs for the week.

Monday nights feature an opening reception at the Parks Exhibition Gallery, featuring work from our very own summer faculty!

Daily instruction occurs from 9am-12pm, with a break for lunch in the campus dining hall (included in tuition), and followed with more instruction from 1pm-4pm.

Artist Talks will be held in the evenings on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. This is a wonderful opportunity to listen to our H.O.T. Clay instructors speak on their art.

On Saturday morning at 10 am, join your fellow workshop participants for an exciting kiln unveiling and celebration!

Generous donors have made scholarships and fellowships for adult workshops available on a limited basis for these specific groups:

1) Native American Community Members, Leaders, Artists, and Teachers

For adults 18 and older with current tribal affiliation, the scholarship brings community leaders, artists, members, and teachers to workshops at 蜜桃直播 to benefit both the scholarship recipients and those in their schools or tribal communities. Applicants with financial needs may receive priority. We also offer scholarships for Native American Teens for both the 蜜桃直播 Program and the Academy.

2) Inland Empire Teachers, Professors, and Graduate Students

For adults 18 and older who are current teachers in lower and higher education who will benefit from learning about Native American Arts and Culture to take back into the classroom as well as currently enrolled Graduate students. The scholarship is designed to provide professional development for those in education to share with their learning communities.

Scholarships include tuition, dorm housing, and all meals provided by the campus dining service. Transportation to and from campus is not provided, and the $50 registration fee is not included.

Click for more information about adult scholarships.