BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.6.1//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Land & Water: A Writing Workshop with Diane Wilson X-WR-CALDESC:All My Relations Arts X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20260308T080000 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20260308T080000 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Land & Water: A Writing Workshop with Diane Wilson DESCRIPTION:Join us for a two-part workshop in support of the Mary Ann Key Book Club conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer. This workshop\, led by novelist Diane Wilson\, focuses on land\, encouraging participants t o write about a beloved place that has influenced their lives. Refreshme nts begin at 5:30 p.m.\, followed by the workshop at 6 p.m. The workshop is offered in a hybrid format\, both in person at All My Relations Arts Gallery or online via Facebook Live. Registration required.*\n\nSetting is often described as an element in a writer’s story\, a tool that he lps the reader visualize the place where their characters live. And yet\ , as humans\, we are profoundly shaped by the land we come from\, the wa ter we live near\, the plants and animals who share the earth with us\, and the horizon that greets us each day. Along with discussion of select excerpts by various writers\, such as Robin Wall Kimmerer\, Linda Hogan \, and Kimberly Blaeser\, participants will explore their relationship t o place through brief writing exercises\, and consider how they might ex tend that visualization to their broader work.\n\nAdditional events in t his series at All My Relations Arts Gallery:\n\n Mary Ann Key Book Club Watch Event and Discussion: A Virtual Conversation With Robin Wall Kimm erer on Wednesday\, May 13\, 6-7:45 p.m.\n Land &\; Water: A Writin g Workshop with Halee Kirkwood on Wednesday\, May 20\, 5:30-7:30 p.m.\n\ nCollaborators: All My Relations Arts\; More Than a Single Story.\n\nTh is program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Her itage Fund. Sponsor: Friends of the Hennepin County Library.\n\nDiane W ilson is a Dakota writer\, educator\, and bog steward\, enrolled on the Rosebud Reservation. She has published six award-winning books as well a s essays in numerous publications. Her novel\, "The Seed Keeper\," won t he 2022 Minnesota Book Award and is a selection for the 2026 NEA Big Rea d. Her memoir\, "Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past\," won a 2006 Minn esota Book Award and her nonfiction book\, "Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life\," received the Barbara Sudler Award from History Colorado. Wils on has written two middle-grade biographies about Dakota language protec tors and co-authored a 2022 picture book – "Where We Come From\," win ner of the 2023 Carter G. Woodson Award. Wilson’s work explores seed s overeignty\, social justice\, cultural recovery\, and environmental stew ardship. She is currently working on a memoir\, "Mapping My Way Home: A Story of Love\, Loss\, and a Bog."\n\n \;\n\n\n*REGISTRATION REQUIRE D\nRegister to attend in-person or virtually at More Than a Single Story 's Eventbrite:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/land-water-a-writers-relati onship-with-place-tickets-1986009695461?aff=oddtdtcreator URL;VALUE=URI:https://allmyrelationsarts.org/exhibitions-events/events/l and-water-a-writing-workshop-with-diane-wilson/ UID:urn:uuid:e5017581-6657-4287-9232-1fa6ce7ec839 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260415T021146Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260505T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260505T193000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR