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 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. 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 Open Window (detail) by Henri Matisse, 1905 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.
