| The Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation What Happens in a VONA Week |
| Orientation starts with a community meeting. We get to know each other and our workshop groups, tour the campus, check into our rooms. Everyone participates in writing a poems of identity and purpose for the week |
| Sunday |
The workshops begin. All classes have 10 or fewer participants so each person's work gets attention. In the afternoon, the writers have special private time with their teachers. In the lounge the students start their personal collages. |
| Monday & Tuesday |
The Masters Suites kick off in the morning with a well-known master teacher. In the afternoon, we have an interactive seminar on publishing or performing with faculty and specialists in the field. |
| Wednesday |
Class photographs are taken in the day. In the evening, the faculty present their reading, open to the public. It's always a full house |
| Thursday |
The grand finale! The writers celebrate with a pot luck dinner and a reading. Our Director, Diem Jones, calls out those who have not completed their collages. |
| Friday |
the ending of an awesome week. The Writers gather to strike the collage gallery. Each writer makes a commitment to future endeavors and accomplishments in their work. |
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What Happens in a VONA Week |