Transformation, A Creative Community Challenge
After the success of our One Summer Day…Creative Community Challenge, we can’t help but wonder what might happen on One FALL Day! We are excited to announce the theme for our Fall Creative Community Challenge: “Transformation”. LEI invites you to share your stories! Respond to the theme (transformation) with a poem, story, comic or artwork. […]
Getting Ready for College
Save the dates, folks-College Essay is back and better than ever! With future workshops 9/16, 9/30, 10/14 and 10/28 we are dedicated to inspiring and instructing personal narrative for all teens across NEO. Each of these ZOOM courses will be held 6:30-8:00 at $10 a session. Come to one, some or all of these sessions-we […]
Conversation with Chris
We recently sat down and had a conversation with Chris Garson, published author and long time Lake Erie Ink volunteer, and his experience volunteering with us, what he does when he isn’t volunteering at Ink Spot and a little impromptu career advice. Learn more about Chris by clicking here! Who are you? I’ve lived in […]
Mary Bethune 6th Grade Anthology
Click here to view the full PDF! This is the creative work of the fourth graders in Ms. Uter & Ms. Inzana’s ELA Class at Mary M. Bethune School. During the 2019-2020 school year, teaching artist, Cynthia Larsen from Lake Erie Ink: a writing space for youth, taught the sixth grade how to write personal […]
One Summer Day…
One Summer Day… people of all ages from all over met our creative community challenge to respond to a prompt with a piece of writing or artwork. We had over 50 submissions from ages 8-80. From drawings to poetry, sculpture to story we were blown away by how this project turned out. The pictures are nice, […]
Fall Ink has Arrived!
Just because we have to stay home doesn’t mean we can’t have fun! This summer, we worked hard to create meaningful, safe and fun ways to stay creative. We are continuing our programming through fall with a series of evening online workshops for teens. These workshops are split into 2 sessions: Session […]
One (Last) Summer Day
Today is the LAST DAY to submit your work in our One Summer Day Creative Community Challenge! Respond to the prompt (one summer day) with a poem, story, comic or artwork. Are you up for the challenge? Submit your response and learn more about the challenge by clicking here. Next week, check out our storefront display of […]
Poetry out Our Window Anthology
Click here to view the full anthology. Check out our Poetry out Our Window anthology – a collection of poetry from the popular online summer camp!
Summer in August
Od Perry-Richardson and Matt Haberbusch team up to give you Comics Week – a full week of nonstop virtual comics fun for grades 4-8! Cancel your afternoon plans August 3-6 because we’ve got Comic Creatures 3:30 – 5 PM and Comics Journaling 5:30 – 6:30 PM. Click here for more details about the specific programs and click here to register!
A Journey to Get Lost
Under the tree at which I sat… Where its branches touched the stars… It’s roots spreading down through the earth… The past behind me… Friends which left me… All the times we shared… Good times that rarely happened… Each step like a memory spacing itself behind me… I wander like a lost dream… My tears […]
