This program is over. Hope you didn't miss it! Browse other programs we offer Write Into Art: Creative Writing Inspired by Visual Art Impact: Tone and Mood Morning Course Tuesday, July 14, 2026 - 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET Code: 1K0707 Location: This online program is presented on Zoom. Registration Options $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 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 Impact: Tone and Mood Create atmosphere and evoke emotion in your writing, inspired by works by 20th-century French artist Henri Matisse, including Open Window, Collioure. Additional Sessions July 7: Dialogue: Spoken and Unspoken July 21: Memoir: Setting and Identity General Information View Common FAQs and Policies about our Online Programs on Zoom.
