Community Calendar

Tinker Mountain Writers' Workshops Summer Residential
Sunday, June 11 – Thursday, June 15, 2023
Location: Hollins campus
A HOME FOR WRITERS OF ALL LEVELS. Fuel your passion and transform your writing during your one-week experience of the Blue Ridge Mountains on the beautiful campus of Hollins University*. Join us in one of our intimate and inspiring manuscript or write-now workshops in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or multi-genre. Our manuscript workshops allow you to share work with colleagues and your faculty mentor in advance and receive supportive and critical feedback during the week. If you don’t have a manuscript, or you’re looking to start new work, a write-now workshop is the perfect choice. This allows you to write each day and join fellow writers for both in-class writing exercises and sharing of work written during Tinker Mountain. Whether taking part in a manuscript or write-now workshop, you can participate in craft talks, readings, and social sessions. You’ll have plenty of interaction with faculty, including a one-on-one session with your faculty mentor, and have the opportunity to network with other writers for ideas and support. June 11-15, 2023. For cost and more information, email cpowell@hollins.edu. www.hollins.edu/tmww

*Our current Culture of Care COVID-19 protocols require full vaccination, including at least one booster, for anyone coming to campus. Our policies for the summer are being evaluated after the first of the year and may be relaxed or adjusted. We will post information when there are changes to our Culture of Care.

Women Working with Clay Symposium
Monday, June 12 – Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Hollins campus

Founded in 2011, this symposium was created to honor the great accomplishments of women ceramic artists today. The objective of the symposium is to create an environment that is full of ideas, images, demonstrations, artwork, and discussions. It is intended as a place for learning and inspiration. It is a place for everyone to share stories of struggles and successes. It is a place to see where we stand in the present, to better understand our past, and to support each other in our future. The symposium includes lectures, small group discussions, demonstrations, and slideshows. Demonstrations include altering thrown pots, hand building sculptural vessels, as well as some decorative, glaze and finishing techniques. Attendees interact closely with the presenters and lecturers throughout the week, share images of their own work, and participate in a small object exchange, in order to promote a sense of sharing and communication. June 12-14, 2023. For cost and more information, email wadebr@hollins.edu. www.hollins.edu/wwwc

*Our current Culture of Care Covid-19 protocols require full vaccination, including at least one booster, for anyone coming to campus. Our policies for the summer are being evaluated after the first of the year and may be relaxed or adjusted. We will post information when there are changes to our Culture of Care.

At 2 p.m. Saturday, June 17, the Piedmont Master Gardeners and Virginia Cooperative Extension will offer a free Garden Basics class on “Simple to Sensational Summer Container Gardens.” This in-person program will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1118 Preston Avenue in Charlottesville. Participants will learn how to grow ornamentals, pollinator plants, herbs and vegetables in containers, and will create a flowering summer container garden to take home. Space is limited. To reserve a place in the class, register at https://piedmontmastergardeners.org/events/. Registration closes at 5 p.m. June 16 or when the class is full. Garden Basics is a partnership with the Bread and Roses ministry at Trinity Church.

At 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 20, The Center at Belvedere and the Piedmont Master Gardeners will celebrate Pollinator Week with an open house and tour of the Center’s rose and pollinator demonstration gardens, followed at 6:30 p.m. by a presentation on “How to Create a Pollinator Paradise in Your Yard.” The Center is at 540 Belvedere Blvd. in Charlottesville. The program is free and open to all and will provide an overview of the best plants for attracting and supporting pollinators in home landscapes in our region. To register, visit https://thecentercville.org/calendar/event/90394//3/. Completed in 2022, The Center’s pollinator demonstration garden comprises mostly native perennials and grasses and is designed to provide food, shelter and nesting areas for pollinators throughout the growing season. The Piedmont Master Gardeners reinstalled the demonstration rose garden at The Center when it moved to its current location in 2020. It features a diverse array of rose varieties.

This ServSafe course is for anyone in charge of food service operations, such as: Food and Beverage Managers, Catering Managers, Dietary Managers, Chefs... After completing the classroom work, participants take a national certification exam. Upon passing, the Food Protection Manager Certification is valid for 5 years.

For more information about this and other upcoming classes, contact: Kimberly Booker, 434-872-4579, kimberlyb@vt.edu

Hollinsummer 2023

Looking for an adventure this summer? Join us for Hollinsummer, a precollege experience at one of Virginia’s most beautiful campuses. Choose from four enriching academic experiences, or our equestrian camp for advanced riders.

Reflect and Create: Creative Writing Intensive
Advocate and Inspire: Social Justice Seminar
Experiment and Explore: Biology and Environmental Research Symposium
Hollins Theatre: Step into the Spotlight
Riders Who are Going Places

For more information Hollinsummer.

JULY 16 – 22