APPROACHES TO ART WRITING
A reimagined iteration of our Studio for Emerging Writers program, Approaches to Art
Writing is a series of workshops that will be available to the general public. Workshop
facilitators, dates, and details will be released consecutively, with sessions to take
place between April and July, 2022.

To attend please book via Eventbrite. Each event will be limited to 12 people, in order
to maintain appropriate health and safety protocol.

Correspondences: Experiments at the Intersection of Poetry & Art

April 21, 6-8pm
May 19, 6-8pm
June 2, 6-8pm

With Sheryda Warrener
In this workshop series, participants will explore various poetic modes and approaches
to visual-textual combinations. How is text transformed when placed in relation to
image? How does text meaningfully enhance an image? Well take an inquiry-based
approach to experimentation, with the aim of activating formal possibilities and
enlivening creative practice. Workshops can be taken independently of one another, or
together. We encourage those with backgrounds in either or both poetry and image-
making to sign up.

Thursday, April 21: Material Provocations
The English word text comes from Medieval Latin textus style or texture of a work,
literally thing woven, from the past participle stem of textere: to weave, to join, fit
together, construct.
In this workshop, well juxtapose physical materials in unexpected
ways, then apply this approach to language, tracing the natural connections between
text and textile.

Thursday, May 19: Active Archive
Inspired by Edith Youngs book of typologies, Color Scheme, well explore the personal
archive as an engine that revs creative practice. Participants will share their own
selected collections of objects, then use these as visual-material provocations for a
generative writing practice.

Thursday, June 2: Writing That Is Also Drawing
How is a map or a diagram simultaneously a poem and an artwork? Our experimental approach will be inspired by readings from interdisciplinary artists working at the intersections of poetry, prose, and image-making, including Renee Gladman and Amy Sillman.

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