This program is over. Hope you didn't miss it! Browse other programs we offer Write Into Art: Creative Writing Inspired by Visual Art Surprising Stories Morning Course Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET Code: 1K0643 Location: This online program is presented on Zoom. Select your Registration $40 Member $50 Gen. Admission Save when you purchase this program as a part of one of these series! 3 Program Series: Write Into Art: Creative Writing Inspired by Visual Art View series details Resize text 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 three online workshops that explore essential elements of writing and styles through close looking, word-sketching, and imaginative response to prompts. The sessions spotlight a wide 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, theater director, and museum educator. She presents workshops nationwide in creative writing and drama as a Kennedy Center teaching artist, is a Chautauqua Institution Writer-in-Residence, and was a faculty member at Harvard’s Project Zero Classroom. Session Information Surprising Stories Discover how The Old Violin, a fascinating still life by 19th-century American artist William Michael Harnett, can evoke rich storytelling possibilities. Additional Sessions November 4: Shifting Perspectives November 25: Capturing Memories General Information View Common FAQs and Policies about our Online Programs on Zoom.
