Art of Writing cultivates and supports the craft of writing at UC Berkeley.
Our seminars, workshops, tutoring programs, and events build a collaborative writing community across the disciplines, and approach writing as a teachable art.
Museums use objects to tell stories that spark curiosity and enrich visitors' appreciation. Text plays a key role in bringing these stories to life. In this March workshop, undergraduates visit local museums to learn the art of museum writing.
In Fall 2024, memoirist and novelist Sylvia Brownrigg led an intensive Art of Writing undergraduate workshop on memoir writing.
We present student Kennedy Wright's story here, excerpted from the book she is writing about her missing father.
Seminar student Sadie Barrett explores masculinity, the patriarchy, and gender roles in her French-language essay to argue that the interpretation of marriage in Molière's play L’École des femmes is determined by the social climate in which each character was raised.
