A personal, impactful, one-of-a-kind creative aging experience

Led by Ren VanMeenen

Irondequoit Public Library – 1290 Titus Ave, Rochester, NY 14617 | Room #113
FREE  | Register on the Library’s website for the August workshop HERE.
No prior creative writing experience necessary.

Apart from money and physical heirlooms, what do you want to give your loved ones so they will remember, appreciate, and learn from you for generations to come? In our Joe Flaherty Legacy Writing Workshops you’ll write letters, stories, short nonfiction pieces, and poems that share the depth and breadth of the life you’ve lived, as well as the dreams and ambitions you still wish to achieve. Your writing will bring you closer to others, connect you to past and future generations, and also generate meaningful, even surprising, self-revelation. So bring a friend, a pen, and a notebook, and get ready to express what you hold most dear!

Ren Van Meenen, PhD., teaches Writing, Literature and Media Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology. She is the longtime editor of Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts & Cultural Criticism and the Book Review Editor for the Journal of Poetry Therapy. Ren has edited several collections of poetry and has contributed writing to Art Papers, Art New England, Source: Ireland’s Photographic Review, Afterimage,  City Magazine, Film Festival Reporter, National Association of Artists’ Organizations Newsletter, Western New York Artist Residency Exchange Catalogs, the Pyramid Arts.