Sonya Hess Chamberlain will present the class “Pruning Your Poems” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Franklin Art Center in Brainerd as part of the Taste of the Arts Tuesday Sampler series. This workshop will include group discussion of one poem in progress by each participant, as well as instructor feedback on up to three poems per person. Learn more about thoughtful editing, working with critique, editing your own and others work, and polishing a poem.   Participants should expect to spend equal time in discussion, workshop, and writing exercises. All levels welcome.   Class Fee is $10 or $5 for Crossing Arts Alliance members.  Call 833-0416 to register or visit www.crossingarts.org.

Chamberlain holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the Writers Workshop at Warren Wilson College and is a former “Artist in the Schools” with the MN state arts board.  Her work has been published in “The Sun”, “Heliotrope”, “Cadence of Hooves Anthology”, “St Ann’s Review”, “M Review” and other literary publications both print and online.

The Tuesday Sampler: Taste of the Arts Series, presented by The Crossing Arts Alliance, is a literary and visual arts series of classes on Farmer Market Tuesdays at the Franklin Art Center.  Enjoy the Farmers Market at Franklin Arts Center parking lot, 1001 Kingwood St, Brainerd, then come inside, and improve your artistic skills with a fine selection of classes in August and September.

This activity is funded, in part, by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Five Wings Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund; and grants from Sertoma Winter Wonderland, Brainerd Service League, Mid Minnesota Federal Credit Union, and the Anderson Family Legacy Fund.