LAKEPORT, Calif. – Clive Matson will visit the Lake County Arts Council Gallery on Saturday, Oct. 25, and Sunday, Oct. 26, to present a writing workshop.

This will be the 10th year that Matson has been coming to our area.

People in his workshops succeed in bringing out the stories and poems inside them, the passions that blossom in our everyday lives. Some writers are astonished at the ease and value of the writing that pours out.

His favorite quote of the day is Van Gogh’s “I dreamed my painting and I painted my dream.”

Matson will show how that simple transfer, bringing a dream into concrete reality, works well in writing.

This workshop is for beginners, for developing writers and for professionals who want to expand their horizons.

Saturday will be for getting acquainted and starting to write. On Sunday there will be time for more writing, reading, compassionate criticism and summary.

Clive Matson writes poetry, short stories, essays and plays.  He has led writing workshops for 35 years, holds an MFA in poetry from Columbia University and teaches at the University of California Extension in Berkeley.

The workshop will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at the Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main Street, Lakeport.

The workshop fee is $55 per person.

To register, call the Main Street Gallery at 707-263-6658.

For more information about the workshop, call Clive Matson at 510-654-6495 or go to his Web site, www.matsonpoet.com .

This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation.