Cost: $20, online at https://recenroll.smgov.net/adet.sdi?activity_id=34067 or contact Community Classes at (310) 458-2239, communityclasses@smgov.net.
This workshop looks at travel writing, local color, and what it means to locate yourself fully in a particular culture, ecosystem, or terrain. We’ll consider how to get past stereotypes and share ideas about the traveler’s responsibility to the landscape and cultures she or he visits. In-class writing prompts and professional examples will prepare students to go out and create magic on their own.
A Los Angeles native, Charles Hood has been a dishwasher, a factory worker, a ski instructor, and a nature guide in Africa. He attended Glendale College, Cal State Northridge, U.C. Irvine and the University of Utah, and also did Fulbright work in New Guinea, translating tribal poetry. For birdwatching, photography, or writing research, he has been to the South Pole (on a National Science Foundation Artists and Writers Grant), to each of the continents, and most of the way to the North Pole.
His ninth book, South x South, won the Hollis Summers poetry prize and was published in February by Ohio University Press; his eighth book, 25 Tigers, came out last year. His current projects include a survey of the Solar System titled 200 Moons, and a meditation on faith and history titled Melville in the Holy Land. Hood teaches writing, photography, and journalism at Antelope Valley College. He lives in Palmdale with a wife, a cat, a dog, two kayaks, and five mountain bikes. He just completed the 2013 Writer Residency at the Annenberg Community Beach House, where he wrote short fiction inspired by the portraits of painter Don Bachardy.
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1450 Ocean offers arts, crafts and culture classes year-round. Polish your writing, take a better picture, learn how to make paper, knit, sew, or maybe make some chain mail!
More info: http://smgov.net/1450ocean. Stay connected with classes and events by joining our email list at http://ow.ly/l2aMM or by Liking us on facebook.com/1450ocean. Learn about other classes including sport and exercise at recenroll.smgov.net (search for location: 1450 Ocean.) For more information about registration, contact Community Classes at (310) 458-2239 or communityclasses@smgov.net.
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Location/Hours: 1450 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica CA 90401 in Palisades Park between Broadway & Santa Monica Blvd. Camera Obscura open Mon - Fri 9am – 3pm & Sat 11am – 4pm; check in at office to access. Class registrations accepted through 5pm M-F and Saturday 11am-4pm. Classes held at various times.
Registration – Online: create an account and view classes at recenroll.smgov.net. Sort by location to view “1450 Ocean”. Note that it can take as long as 24 hours to create an account. Website takes credit card payments. Bring cash to cover material fees on the first day of class. In Person: For cash or check, advance registration accepted at 1450 Ocean between 9am-5pm M-F & 11am-4pm Saturday. Bring cash to cover material fees on the first day of class. Day-of: Call 310-458-2239 to confirm availability, preferably by the Tuesday before class starts; plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of class.
Refunds/Transfers: A $15.00 processing fee applies for each activity session refunded, restrictions apply. Requests must be made in person, by mail, fax (310-899-0840), or email communityclasses@smgov.net within 24 hours of first class meeting.
Parking and Transport: Parking is free for the first 1.5 hours in Parking Structure 7 (off Broadway west of 4th) or 8 (off 2nd St. north of Colorado) adjacent to the Santa Monica Place Mall. The next hour is $1 followed by $1.50 every 30 min. thereafter to a maximum of $14. There are also meters on Ocean Avenue, $2/hr maximum 2 hours; free after 6pm. Buses that serve 1450 Ocean include Routes 1, 7 and Rapid 7, 10. Visit bigbluebus.com for more information.
