As a highly-experienced creative writing educator and teaching artist, Samantha facilitates writing and performance workshops for schools, universities and any non profit or corporate entity that prioritizes equity, inclusion, literacy, self-awareness, and impactful expression.
Samantha has the unique capacity to hold a safe and brave container for a wide range of people to form a creative sharing community. She is committed to serving people of all races, ethnicities, economic backgrounds, gender distinctions, sexual orientations, and walks of life.
Samantha’s sessions span from 1 to 3 hours, in person or on Zoom. Like her performances, her workshops are high-level, personable and tailored to the context and unique needs of the environment. Her skillful techniques serve as portals for participants to open up on a rare level of self-examination, creativity and transparency.
Testimonials
“I joined Samantha’s workshop knowing very little about poetry. Her three-month class not only taught me the fundamentals, it excited me to the genre-breaking possibilities of persona poetry and allowed me to join an incredibly diverse and vibrant community of writers. I feel more informed not only as a writer, but as a world citizen as a result of what I have learned.”
– Joanne Yao
“Ms. Thornhill modeled respect and encouragement, never failing to honor the points we made during our analysis by responding with genuine reflections. Her unforgettable warm care in guiding us in reading and writing poems as well as her infectious joy as we shared in dissecting poems and celebrating their internal workings really made the workshop golden.”
– Charleen McClure