MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Middletown Art Center’s Restore Project features a writers workshop with Georgina Marie this Saturday, Oct. 13, from 1 to 5 p.m.

Adults and children ages 12 and up are invited to write in the company of others in a safe a supportive environment. Writing exercises will include ancestor writing and an ode to Dia De Los Muertos, writing from objects, and visiting the MAC gallery to draw inspiration from the current exhibit, “A New Story.”

“A New Story” is the MAC’s Third Fire Anniversary exhibit. It includes work in response to the emergency, aftermath, living with fire, recovery, and rebuilding, and moving on to a new story – or new series of art works. A poignant show, participants will have opportunity to respond and express in words their own experience.

Please register in advance for all Restore classes at www.middletownartcenter.org/restore, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 707-809-8118. Space is limited and reservations are required.

Georgina Marie is Lakeport poet. She has been writing poetry for more than 15 years, is a regular contributor to the Record-Bee’s Creative Expression segment. She was one of three finalists for the 2018-2020 Lake County Poet Laureate term, and is a current member of the MAC Board of Directors. She is also facilitating the monthly Lakeport Writers circle for October, November and December of this year at the Main Street Gallery.

A participant in MAC’s Resilience writing and painting workshops in 2017-18 she co-curated the Resilience chapbook and reads regularly at MAC poetry readings.

During this fire anniversary season, she has participated in poetry readings in response to the North Bay 2017 fire in Mendocino and Napa counties and the 2018 Mendocino Complex fire that affected Lake and Mendocino counties.

Restore writing workshop participants will have opportunity to contribute to MAC’s second chapbook of writings and images, and to participate in quarterly readings readings or exhibition.

The first chapbook, “Resilience – a community reframes disaster through art,” is available for purchase at MAC or on the MAC Web site.

The Restore Project provides Lake County residents with low-cost art classes and the opportunity to learn or refine skills in a variety of materials techniques. Classes take place most Saturdays through May 2019. Fall and winter classes include clay, woodworking, metalworking, felting, concrete, dry point, block printing, and more. Late winter and spring classes will focus on personal and collaborative projects, studio time, mentoring and guidance to create personal and group work.

On Saturday, Oct. 20, Restore features pastel making from locally sourced natural materials with Channing Rudd, and on Oct. 27 Nicholas Hay will lead a dry point etching class. Please preregister at www.middletownartcenter.org/restore.

The Restore Project was made possible with support from the California Arts Council, a state agency, with additional support from local organizations, businesses and individuals.

Visit www.ca.arts.gov to learn more about the California Arts Council’s important work in communities and schools throughout California.

Middletown Art Center is located at 21456 State Highway 175 at the junction of Highway 29. Be a part of the growing arts scene in south Lake County by becoming a MAC member, by joining MAC this Saturday and participating in Restore, or by attending one of the many arts and cultural events or classes at MAC.

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