Discover the power of reflective writing inspired by art guided by the founding instructor of the National Gallery of Art’s Writing Salon, Mary Hall Surface.
Each workshop has a limited enrollment to maximize interaction among the instructor and students.
August 7 Metaphors and Meaning
Step into an intriguing contemporary painting by the German artist Sigmar Polke to discover how close looking at art can help us navigate challenging times and deepen our self-understanding.
August 14 Winds of Change
Inspired by the masterful prints of one of Japan’s most innovative artists, Katsushika Hokusai, and by poetry across time, slow down, look closely, and reflect to explore the metaphor of wind in our world and in our lives.
August 21 Give Sorrow Words
The experience of grief is universal and yet we often feel alone and unmoored when faced with loss. Inspired by works of visual art and poetry, participants give words to grief through a gentle series of reflective writing prompts to discover how reflective writing can offer a creative buoy for engaging with loss. Experience a process in which reflection and writing become a place of comfort and a space for holding sorrow as well as remembrance.
Surface is a teaching artist, playwright, theatre director, and museum educator. She presents workshops nationwide in creative writing and drama as a Kennedy Center teaching artist, a Chautauqua Institution Writer-in-Residence, and was a faculty member at Harvard’s Project Zero Classroom.
3 sessions
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