Write from Art:
Creative writing workshops in galleries and museums
led by Claire Collison
visit art . be inspired . write
Putting Myself In The Picture: Self/Portraiture in Art & Poetry
with Claire Collison.
The Poetry Society is pleased to present its 2024 programme of workshops, in which expert poets will lead generative workshops on a topic which inspires and intrigues them. Self/Portraiture in Poetry (with a trip to the National Portrait Gallery)
Wednesday 24 July 2024, 11:00 am – 1:30 pm
£22.00 – £32.00
The Poetry Society is pleased to present its 2024 programme of workshops, in which expert poets will lead generative workshops on a topic which inspires and intrigues them. Our July workshop is Putting Myself In The Picture: Self/Portraiture in Art & Poetry with Claire Collison.
Are you a poet who wants to use ekphrasis in your work? Or an artist who wants to dip their toes into poetry? In this generative workshop you’ll be exploring the work of poets who use art as a springboard for their own writing, and creating your own new poems from portraits. Pick up ekphrastic tips and hear Claire’s guidance for choosing a piece of art that will inspire you, before heading to the National Portrait Gallery to try this out for yourself. The session will conclude back at the Poetry Society with some drafting, sharing and shaping.
This workshop takes place in-person at The Poetry Café, Covent Garden, with a mid-workshop trip to the National Portrait Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery is a ten-minute walk from The Poetry Café. Please get in touch if you have any access requirements. Ticket includes entry to the National Portrait Gallery. Suitable for all levels of writer.
UPCOMING WRITE FROM ART WORKSHOPS
Tuesdays, 11am - 1pm £20 per session
30th July 2024
SERPENS
@Hamiltons Gallery
What animal has inspired as much dread, as many legends, and as much revulsion and terror as the snake?
Guido Mocafico's exquisite photos will guide us deep into our own mythologies to generate snakey writng.
6th August 2024
JUDY CHICAGO @Serpentine North
What if Women Ruled the world? The Dinner Party meets Pussy Riot meets Jane Fonda. We'll be responding creatively and personally to the really big questions posed by the Godmother of Feminist Art.
13th August 2024
DORA MAAR
@Amar Gallery
So much more than a muse -
"Dora Maar is mostly known for being Picasso’s Weeping Woman, as though tears are the only interesting thing about her."
A rare opportunity to explore Maar's pioneering photography and photograms up-close.
Come prepared for Surrealist games and wordplay.
20th August 2024
YINKA SHONIBARE @Serpentine Gallery
Exploring the themes of Suspended States, we'll be finding ways of responding to Shonibare's 1st London show in 20 years, in language and forms that honour the complexities of our tangled world.