New Certificate Program

Develop a network of new and experienced writers and skilled, supportive writing instructors as you learn about the creative writing craft with the Creative Writing Certificate Program.

Featured Courses

Getting Published: The Business of Nonfiction Writing
Turn your dream of getting published into reality by learning to prepare materials such as query letters, cover letters and proposals.

Photography: Elements of Composition - Take Better Pictures!
Improve your 35 mm or digital snapshots, portraits, landscapes and travel photography by learning the fundamentals.

The Art of Experiential Drawing
Learn a revolutionary drawing method that transcends technical rules and teaches you to draw using your creative experience. This is no ordinary drawing course.

Tomales Bay Writers' Workshops
Join award-winning, nationally-known poets and writers, as well as respected editors and agents, in an intensive conversation about craft. Spend four and a half days working with an established author, receiving constructive feedback and generating new material.

Online Learning

Spanish Without Walls
Learn to speak Spanish at home with our unique Spanish Without Walls series.