Our Programs
Rewilding Bodies, Rewilding Writing
A 2023 Freeflow Institute Online Workshop with Chris La Tray
Tuesday evenings | April 4 – 25, 2023 | 6:30 – 8:00 pm Mountain Time | Online
A four-week online workshop for writers who are compelled to bravely defy the boundaries of convenience, comfort, and convention
hosted by Chris La Tray
THE DESERT EYE
Seeing the Landscape through Words
26 APRIL – 1 MAY, 2023 | COLORADO
A four-day terrestrial exploration of Southwestern Colorado’s high desert, centered on witnessing and writing
hosted by Craig Childs
RIVER, LANGUAGE, WORLD
A classic Montana river journey
2 – 5 JUNE, 2023 | MONTANA
A four-day generative workshop on the legendary Big Blackfoot River
hosted by Joe Wilkins
THE LAW OF PEOPLE AND PLACE
Missouri River Breaks + American Prairie Reserve
12-18 JUNE, 2023 | MISSOURI RIVER, MONTANA
A seven-day field course in natural resources and Indian law in the context of an iconic western landscape, offered in collaboration with the University of Montana’s Summer Indian Law Program
with Professors Monte Mills + Michelle Bryan
WRITING THE NONHUMAN
A 2023 Freeflow Institute Writing Workshop
13 – 19 JULY, 2023 | SAN JUAN ISLANDS, WASHINGTON
A rich, multidimensional journey across genres and species, and a dreamy midsummer exploration of the Salish Sea by kayak
hosted by Ana Maria Spagna
Good Ancestors
A 2023 Freeflow Institute Field Course
23 – 29 JULY, 2023 | MISSOURI RIVER, MONTANA
A four-day river journey through the Missouri River Breaks, plus two nights on the American Prairie Reserve, in the company and service of our ancestors.
hosted by Chris La Tray
STREAMING THROUGH LYRICISM
A collaborative river-based field course with Fort Lewis College
14 – 19 AUGUST, 2023 | UPPER SAN JUAN RIVER, UTAH
A creative confluence of river-writing, poetry, ecology, and history – a unique journey through Navajo country and an iconic desert landscape
hosted by Byron Aspaas
RUNNING TO STAND STILL
THIS COURSE IS CURRENTLY FULL WITH A WAITING LIST. Please email us to be added to the waiting list: [email protected]
5 – 10 SEPTEMBER, 2023 | WHITEFISH, MONTANA
Six days of trail running + creative workshop + unrelenting humor
hosted by Brendan Leonard
PLACE, POWER, AND PURPOSE
Storytellers as Change Agents in the American West and Beyond
1-7 SEPTEMBER, 2023 | GATES OF LODORE, GREEN RIVER, UTAH
A five-day float through Gates of Lodore and Dinosaur National Monument, focused on mining the power of a good story to affect change
hosted by Ed Roberson
Toh’nlįbizaad: the river’s story
A 2023 Freeflow Institute field course
26 OCTOBER – 2 NOVEMBER, 2023 | RIO GRANDE, TEXAS
An autumn canoe journey along the Rio Grande, and an intimate exploration of borderlands though writing, history, and Indigenous perspectives
hosted by Sherwin Bitsui
Past Programs
Take a look at what we’ve done and where we’ve been past seasons.