Students peruse magazines for visual inspiration. (From left to right) Judy Baldwin, Beverly J. Davis and Kyoko Katayama. Photo Credit: Elle Moulin

Students in the Visual Memoir class at Pillsbury House + Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota were recently featured in a Next Avenue blog post as part of their Vitality Arts Special Report. A Seeding Vitality Arts Minnesota cohort organization, Pillsbury House + Theatre’s class is part of the Centerstage creative writing program for adults age 55 and older.

“The task I have is to teach students how they can translate their beautiful writing into other media,” says teaching artist Masanari Kawahara. This isn’t a traditional art class — they all are exploring the medium they prefer to visually tell their stories.”