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

FIND YOUR PERFECT FREEFLOW COURSE

We would love to help you take your craft outside this year. Ask us about our programs, and we’ll send lots of fun details to get you dreaming of water, sunshine, and limitless space for your creative work.

Past Programs

Take a look at what we’ve done and where we’ve been past seasons.