Find your Muse: Creative Writing Inspired by Visual Art
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This generative course invites writers of all levels and all genres to step into works of art to slow down, wonder, imagine, and write in new ways. Paintings by three fascinating American artists, Cecelia Beaux, Kenjiro Nomura, and Edward Hopper, will inspire our writing in both narrative and poetic forms. Discover how close looking at art can inspire characters, stories, and styles and how writing can connect you more deeply to art. Experience a rich scaffolded process that deepens your looking, unveils meaningful layers in the art, and fuels your imagination.
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- Notebook
- Pencils
- Pens
- Smart device - cell phone, tablet
Mary Hall Surface
Mary Hall Surface is an award-winning teaching artist, playwright, theatre director, and museum educator. She has presented her art-inspired writing workshops at the National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Kennedy Center, Chautauqua Institution, Washington National Cathedral, Phoenix Art Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and Harvard's Project Zero Classroom. Her “Write into Art” series is among the Smithsonian Associates most popular programs. Her innovative approach to the writing-visual art connection was featured in The Washington Post in 2017.
Materials:
- Notebook
- Pencils
- Pens
- Smart device - cell phone, tablet