Writing in Response to art at the Q
Second Tuesday of each month at the Quinlan
12:00 pm- 1:00 pm I Free
Brown Bag Series (bring your lunch)
3-minute reading of poems (first 15 who register at the door)
Join us monthly as we lead up to a celebration for National Poetry Month in April.
You won't want to miss it!
The word ekphrasis comes from Greek and is used for a vivid, often dramatic, verbal description of a visual work of art.
In an effort to introduce and lead other into a place of poetic quiet, attention and creation, we invite the community to submit original poems inspired by works of art at the Quinlan Visual Arts Center.
Spread joy making yours an intergenerational experience. Invite a grandchild, a parent, a mentee, or a neighbor to view art together then craft a poem about the same artwork or separate works of art.
Ekphrastic poetry may include literal descriptions of a work of art, the poet's mood in response to a work of art, metaphorical associations inspired by a work of art, or personal memories about a work of art.
In an effort to introduce and lead other into a place of poetic quiet, attention and creation, we invite the community to submit original poems inspired by works of art at the Quinlan Visual Arts Center.
Spread joy making yours an intergenerational experience. Invite a grandchild, a parent, a mentee, or a neighbor to view art together then craft a poem about the same artwork or separate works of art.
Ekphrastic poetry may include literal descriptions of a work of art, the poet's mood in response to a work of art, metaphorical associations inspired by a work of art, or personal memories about a work of art.
five ways to write an Ekphrastic poem or story
- Describe what you see
-Describe what's happening beyond the frame
- Write from the perspective of the artist
-Give voice to a major or minor character in the image
-Explain your response to the art
-Describe what's happening beyond the frame
- Write from the perspective of the artist
-Give voice to a major or minor character in the image
-Explain your response to the art
Feel free to ask a Quinlan staff member fro a chair if you wish to write in the presence of the art work; sit in the Quinlan's Sculpture Garden for some fresh air; take a photograph of the piece and write at your leisure.
the blue chairLife is as hard as it
looks, Blue. Depressed, emotionally oppressed. We walk around thinking that we are the ones. Life is only about you. Me. - Enereida |
how to paint a sigh Eucalyptus scent
across water in the movement of morning’s vapor. White on grey - a shore which makes the sound of the brush stroke upon canvas. Slow waves, the shape and speed of a contented sigh. It’s a cold filling of lung to the brim, a warm exhalation into the dawn. - Melissa Watts 
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