Songs That Matter: Creativity as an Act of Resistance Workshop

Sun Dec 14 2025 at 11:00 am to 03:00 pm UTC-08:00

SE Portland near 74th and Division- contact Anne Weiss for exact address: 914-924-2574. | Portland

Artichoke Community Music
Publisher/HostArtichoke Community Music
Songs That Matter: Creativity as an Act of Resistance Workshop
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Songwriting with Anne Weiss and Kelly Brightwell
About this Event

This workshop will lead students through the process of songwriting in this historical moment, finding a way into the specific details that speak to you, and developing a musical structure to amplify and share these experiences directly from your heart to another's. Some musical or songwriting experience is helpful, but not necessary.

Sunday, December 14,
sliding scale $120-$220
11 am-3 pm
lunch provided (but feel free to bring snacks!)
Offsite near 74th and division
Questions/directions: Anne Weiss 914-924-2574
More info: www.kellybrightwell.com www.anneweiss.com


LOCATION:This will be Off -Site at a home near Division and SE 74th- (this is an offsite location, NOT at Artichoke Music).

Please call or text Anne Weiss at 914-924-2574 for questions or address.


Please leave as much pet hair and dander at home as you can-- allergies. Also please wear a mask if you have any symptoms of illness or feel you might be coming down with something.


About the Teachers:

"Kelly writes songs that are evolved, with themes that are literary, meditative, and explore parallels between our lives and nature. She sings with the smoothness of Sarah McLachlan, but with a bit more Americana grit and charm."

--Producer Rob Stroup

8 Ball Studios, Portland OR

Portland-based Kelly Brightwell sounds like Neko Case meets Patty Griffin. Or Jonatha Brooke with a dash of Karin Bergquist from Over the Rhine. Or even a mashup of Shawn Colvin, Roseanne Cash and Mary Chapin Carpenter. Her sound draws from familiar New Folk and Americana influences, but the singer/songwriter has a distinctive style that's all her own.

Over the years, Kelly's songs have received critical acclaim from the Tucson Folk Festival, the Intermountain Acoustic Music Association, the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, Just Plain Folks Music Awards, NPR All Songs Considered, and Americana UK Magazine, among others.

She also plays in the award-winning duo Brightwell & Moran with her friend Woody. And she teaches classes and workshops on writing -- including creative/freewriting, songwriting and co-writing.




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SE Portland near 74th and Division- contact Anne Weiss for exact address: 914-924-2574., 74th and Division, Portland, United States

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