Our New Worlds: Writing Sci-Fi and Fantasy for Liberation | 6 weeks
Starts 10/22 | Tuesdays, 6–8 pm ET | In-person @ 1315 Walnut St
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Science fiction presents us with an opportunity to boldly imagine new worlds and possibilities. In this 6-week class, we'll explore the art of writing science fiction, fantasy, Afrofuturism, and/or speculative fiction that challenges oppressive narratives and tropes. The course will center world-building techniques, character creation, and strategies for crafting immersive and empowering universes. Inspired by everything from “The Matrix” to Octavia Butler, from Sun Ra to Asimov, from Delany to “Dune,” students will analyze a diverse array of examples, engage in group discussions, generate new writing, and participate in peer workshops to help expand and develop each other's fictional worlds.
Class dates: 10/22, 10/29, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3.
Instructor: Alex Smith is a sci-fi writer (The Resistance web-series; Black Vans comic book), artist, musician (art-punk bands Solarized, Rainbow Crimes, avant jazz-punk band Spectral Forces), activist (Metropolarity queer sci-fi collective) and cultural/arts critic (Pitchfork, The Key, Bandcamp, Philly Gay News, Philly Artblog). He is a recipient of the Pew Fellowship in the Arts, the curator of upcoming queer cyberpunk/sci-fi anthology CY-BEAR-PUNK, and author of the sci-fi/cyberpunk/super-hero/Afrofuturist short story collection ARKDUST, published from Rosarium Publishing. Alex dreams of a better world through sight and sound and invites you to beam in and join him.
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Starts 10/22 | Tuesdays, 6–8 pm ET | In-person @ 1315 Walnut St
Need financial aid? Apply here before adding this item to your cart.
Science fiction presents us with an opportunity to boldly imagine new worlds and possibilities. In this 6-week class, we'll explore the art of writing science fiction, fantasy, Afrofuturism, and/or speculative fiction that challenges oppressive narratives and tropes. The course will center world-building techniques, character creation, and strategies for crafting immersive and empowering universes. Inspired by everything from “The Matrix” to Octavia Butler, from Sun Ra to Asimov, from Delany to “Dune,” students will analyze a diverse array of examples, engage in group discussions, generate new writing, and participate in peer workshops to help expand and develop each other's fictional worlds.
Class dates: 10/22, 10/29, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3.
Instructor: Alex Smith is a sci-fi writer (The Resistance web-series; Black Vans comic book), artist, musician (art-punk bands Solarized, Rainbow Crimes, avant jazz-punk band Spectral Forces), activist (Metropolarity queer sci-fi collective) and cultural/arts critic (Pitchfork, The Key, Bandcamp, Philly Gay News, Philly Artblog). He is a recipient of the Pew Fellowship in the Arts, the curator of upcoming queer cyberpunk/sci-fi anthology CY-BEAR-PUNK, and author of the sci-fi/cyberpunk/super-hero/Afrofuturist short story collection ARKDUST, published from Rosarium Publishing. Alex dreams of a better world through sight and sound and invites you to beam in and join him.
Read our FAQ
Starts 10/22 | Tuesdays, 6–8 pm ET | In-person @ 1315 Walnut St
Need financial aid? Apply here before adding this item to your cart.
Science fiction presents us with an opportunity to boldly imagine new worlds and possibilities. In this 6-week class, we'll explore the art of writing science fiction, fantasy, Afrofuturism, and/or speculative fiction that challenges oppressive narratives and tropes. The course will center world-building techniques, character creation, and strategies for crafting immersive and empowering universes. Inspired by everything from “The Matrix” to Octavia Butler, from Sun Ra to Asimov, from Delany to “Dune,” students will analyze a diverse array of examples, engage in group discussions, generate new writing, and participate in peer workshops to help expand and develop each other's fictional worlds.
Class dates: 10/22, 10/29, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3.
Instructor: Alex Smith is a sci-fi writer (The Resistance web-series; Black Vans comic book), artist, musician (art-punk bands Solarized, Rainbow Crimes, avant jazz-punk band Spectral Forces), activist (Metropolarity queer sci-fi collective) and cultural/arts critic (Pitchfork, The Key, Bandcamp, Philly Gay News, Philly Artblog). He is a recipient of the Pew Fellowship in the Arts, the curator of upcoming queer cyberpunk/sci-fi anthology CY-BEAR-PUNK, and author of the sci-fi/cyberpunk/super-hero/Afrofuturist short story collection ARKDUST, published from Rosarium Publishing. Alex dreams of a better world through sight and sound and invites you to beam in and join him.
