This program is over. Hope you didn't miss it! Browse other programs we offer Write Into Art: Creative Writing Inspired by Visual Art Poetry: View from Above Morning Course Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET Add to calendar iCalendar Gmail Yahoo Mail Outlook Outlook.com Code: 1K0328 Location: This online program is presented on Zoom. Select your Tickets Save when you purchase this program as a part of one of these series! 5 Program Series: Write Into Art: Creative Writing Inspired by Visual Art Find Series tickets Resize text Pansies in Washington, 1969 (Corcoran Collection gift of Vincent Melzac) 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 five 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. Each workshop has a limited enrollment to maximize interaction among the instructor and students. Surface is a teaching artist, playwright, and theatre director and producer. She presents workshops nationwide in creative writing, reflective writing and drama as a Kennedy Center teaching artist and museum educator. She was a faculty member at Harvard’s Project Zero Classroom. Session Information Poetry: View from Above Experiment with diverse poetic forms and reflections in response to 20th-century African American artist Alma Thomas’ colorful compositions, including Pansies in Washington. Additional Sessions January 10 - Place: Unveil Layers January 17 - Time: Flashback and Forward January 24 - Character: Discover Dimensions January 31 - Story: Imagine Possibilities General Information View Common FAQs and Policies about our Online Programs on Zoom.