This program will be available for sale to the general public starting on March 7, 2026.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 Dialogue: Spoken and Unspoken Morning Course Tuesday, July 7, 2026 - 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET Code: 1K0706 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 The Boating Party (detail) by Mary Cassatt, 1893-94 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 a course of 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 diverse range of visual art chosen to inspire writers of all experience levels to deepen their process and practice. The course 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 Dialogue: Spoken and Unspoken Give voice to the characters in 20th-century American artist Mary Cassatt’s The Boating Party as you experiment with crafting effective dialogue. Additional Sessions July 14: Impact: Tone and Mood July 21: Memoir: Setting and Identity General Information View Common FAQs and Policies about our Online Programs on Zoom.
