This program will be available for sale to the general public starting on November 7, 2024.Want to register before then? Become a member today, or if you are already a member, log in to register for this program. Write Into Art: Creative Writing Inspired by Visual Art View: From Above Morning Course Tuesday, March 4, 2025 - 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET Code: 1K0549 Location: This online program is presented on Zoom. Select your Registration $40 Member $45 Non-Member Save when you purchase this program as a part of one of these series! 5 Program Series: Write Into Art: Creative Writing Inspired by Visual Art View series details Resize text Light Blue Nursery by Alma Thomas,1966 Discover how visual art can inspire creative writing and how writing can offer a powerful way to experience art. Join Mary Hall Surface, the founding instructor of the National Gallery of Art’s popular Writing Salon, for five online workshops that explore essential elements of writing and styles through close looking, word-sketching, and imaginative response to prompts. The sessions spotlight a diverse range of visual art chosen to inspire writers of all experience levels to deepen their process and practice. Each workshop has a limited enrollment to maximize interaction among the instructor and students. Surface is a teaching artist, playwright, and theatre director and producer. She presents workshops nationwide in creative writing and drama as a Kennedy Center teaching artist and was a faculty member at Harvard’s Project Zero Classroom. Session Information View: From Above Experiment with diverse poetic forms and reflections in response to 20th-century African American artist Alma Thomas’ colorful compositions, including Pansies in Washington. Additional Sessions February 4: Story: Imagine Possibilities February 11: Character: Discover Dimensions February 18: Place: Layers Unveiled February 25: Time: Flashbacks, Fast-Forwards, and Foreshadows General Information View Common FAQs and Policies about our Online Programs on Zoom.