Scrapyard is using what has already been started. It’s a response guided by creative writing and mark making. Scrapyard is a space to share, process and be witnessed. We are curious about how writing and art making speak to one another, work together, and inform one another. Let’s explore how we can discover new possibilities as writers and artists when we explore the two forms in tandem. No writing or art making experience is required to join us.
This pop up Scrapyard session will be held July 18 at 7pm EST/4pm PST. Pricing is a sliding scale from $25-$55. Not sure what you should pay? You can learn more about sliding scale pricing here.
Scrapyard is a collaboration between Fern Di Rossi-Bird of Fioritura Expressive Arts Therapy and Meg Max, founder of Writers in Bloom. You can learn more about Meg and Fern below.
A minimum of 5 registrants is required for the event to run. Refunds are not available, unless the event is canceled by the organizers. However, if you've registered in good faith and circumstances have arisen that make it truly impossible for you to attend, you are welcome to give your seat to a friend, or join another upcoming Scrapyard pop up session.
Meg Max is a neurodivergent, mentally ill writer, artist and mother. She’s more way more fun than that first sentence makes her sound. Her fiction has been published online and in print throughout Canada and the US, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. For a good time, she takes long walks where she gathers treasures to make ink, tiny books and little houses out of found or recycled materials. She has a certificate in therapeutic arts from the Canadian International Institute of Art Therapy, and is the founder of Writers in Bloom. Meg lives in Ottawa, on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabe peoples, with her partner, kiddo, two dogs and robot vacuum.
Fern Di Rossi-Bird is an AuDHD, queer, nonbinary, expressive arts therapist and poet of Italian and Ukrainian descent. Fern operates fioritura expressive arts, a community focused practice that predominantly supports other queer, trans, and neurodivergent humans. They are passionate about supporting others in accessing imagination and building connection with creativity as a form of care. Their written work can be found in Canthius, CV2, Room Magazine and others. They reside on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh land with their spouse and two cats Burt and Etta.