Service Description

Literary Collage OLLI @ UNC Wilmington, NC Fall 2026 | Thursdays, 1 - 2:30 pm | October 29 - December 10 (6 weeks) Discover your unique voice and vision through the words and images of others. In this course, we explore collage as a writing practice—finding out what's possible when language becomes material. We compose, cut, paste, and trace using literature in the public domain, found texts, magazines, and ephemera, shaping original work through assemblage, accident, and intention. No art or writing experience required; show up as you are. All experience levels welcome. Bring your curiosity, your openness, and a desire to play. About the Instructor: Brinson Leigh Kresge is a writer, mover, and interdisciplinary artist with work appearing or forthcoming in the New York Times, Assay, 805 Lit + Art, Passages North, and Grist. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and BFAs in English and Dance & Choreography, and has taught on the university level for fourteen years. She was the 2025 co-director of Sarus Festival: for Site-Specific and Experimental Art, and leads retreats exploring the power of movement and creative expression to unearth one's truer self. Registration through OLLI: https://uncw.edu/seahawk-life/get-involved/community/lifelong-learning/get-involved What students say: "Leigh's class has been a such a joy, opening creative channels I had no idea even existed within me. I learned both how to create and how to appreciate creation in completely new forms. Wish we had more classes!" - Jeffrey Tanaka "Leigh was so well organized, presenting just enough each session to stimulate the ideas and the actions/work to initiate creation. What fun!" - Tamara "I was exposed to so many ways to create art that I never would have thought about." - Tom