Write Into Art: Creative Writing Inspired by Visual Art

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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 Imagine Character Step into the world of 16th-century Bolognese Mannerist painter Lavinia Fontana as you imagine characters inspired by her symbol-filled portraits and more. Additional Sessions November 10: Discover Story November 17: Capture Sensation General Information View Common FAQs and Policies about our Online Programs on Zoom .