Ekphrastic Writing Workshop

Join Sarah Kobrinsky, the 2013-2015 Poet Laureate of Emeryville, in this generative writing workshop. We will compose poems in response to the artwork in this year’s Celebration of the Arts show. Using various prompts and techniques, we will explore new ways of seeing with our words. Complete beginners to seasoned writers welcome. This workshop is limited to 20 people. Participants will be invited to submit their poems for an anthology, and to participate in a live reading.

This workshop is limited to 20 people. Registration will open shortly.

Sunday, October 8, 2-4 pm

Location
Exhibition Site, 5905 Shellmound Street

Ekphrastic Poetry Reading

You're invited to an evening of Poetry and Jazz featuring musicians Ryan Pate and Dillon Vado, and poets from the Ekphrastic Workshop. Ekphrastic poems focus on works of art by interpreting, inhabiting, confronting, and speaking to their subjects. The ekphrastic poems at this reading will focus on any of the 180+ works of art in the 37th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition.

Sunday, October 29, 2-4 pm

Location
Exhibition Site, 5905 Shellmound Street

No registration required.