Helen Condon holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She has written a memoir entitled “The Big Rug,” the story of grieving for her husband of 33 years and producing a 15X18 foot braided rug in forty one days. As she says, “Writing a memoir can be cathartic and may release pent-up emotions you are unconsciously hiding. It did so for me, and I hope it can do so for others.”

She taught Memoir Writing at the Blue Mountain Lake Art Center, Waddington Hepburn Library, SOAR and the Old Forge Art Center. She has taught poetry writing for SOAR and owns Adirondack Rug Braiding, where she teaches rug braiding in her second floor studio in the 1863 boarding house she renovated.    

Classes:
Fall 2024 - Memoir Writing [F-24-26]


Past Classes:
Fall 2015 - Memoir Writing: Finding Your Voice [F-15-35]
Fall 2012 - Memoir Writing [F-12-38]
Spring 2011 - Poetry: The Sestina [S-11-41]