I will be partnering with Northwind Arts to offer 3 classes during which participants will write in the beautiful Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend, finding inspiration through the art displayed there. This is not traditional Ekphratic writing, since we will be, not so much describing the work of art itself, as gathering its passion, its beginnings, its lines, colors and forms to ignite our own dynamic expression.
Classes will be the 2nd Mondays of September, October and November. Local writers are welcome! Those living further away might take this as an invitation to spend a few days in wonderful Port Townsend with a class to enrich the vacation experience! Details are below. Go to Northwind Arts to register or contact Joanne at Joanneclarkson28@gmail.com for more information.
DATE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
TIME: 5:00PM – 7:00PM PDT
LEVEL: Beginner to Advanced
AGE GROUP: Adult (ages 18+)
LOCATION: Jeanette Best Gallery, 701 Water Street, Port Townsend.
DESCRIPTION
Whether you write fiction, poetry, non-fiction or memoir, art can be the catalyst for your very best work. Be inspired by color, form, image, common human experience. Feel the passion of the artist become the art of words.
This class will meet in Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery where participants can view and interact with contemporary art. Group leader Joanne Clarkson will present examples about ways writers through the ages have not only written about art, but have written through it, taking the spirit of the work to craft their own visions.
During the workshop three exercises will be presented that writers can use to approach a new piece of writing. After time spent working students can share their drafts. Participants will be invited to submit work for a community reading event later in the year.
Cost is $35.00 per class.