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Starting the Memoir

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland

John D’Agata describes memoir as “an agitation of memory,” which suggests memory-based writing as not just the expression of memory but volatile, vital consideration of memory. In this workshop, participants

$80.00

What I mean when I say, Art meet Poetry (Grades 6-8)

East Conference Room (Portland Art Museum, Mark Building, Second Floor) 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland

In this workshop, we’ll learn how to talk to and about artwork through poetry. Also known as Ekphrastic writing! We’ll look at examples of other artists and writers who have done the same and take ourselves on a journey using writing exercises and imagination, creating poems line by line along the way.

Free

Poetic Sculpture (High School Workshop)

West Conference Room (Portland Art Museum, Mark Building, Second Floor) 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland

The famous abstract painter Joan Mitchell once said, “My paintings repeat a feeling about Lake Michigan, or water, or fields. … it’s more like a poem, and that’s what I want to paint.” She was inspired by poet friends, too. In this workshop, we’ll write poetry and turn it into art. Participants brainstorm about a

Free

Dialogues: The Craft of Writing Conversation (High School Workshop)

West Conference Room (Portland Art Museum, Mark Building, Second Floor) 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland

“She had spoken it; but she trembled when it was done, conscious that her words were listened to, and daring not even to try to observe their effect.”-Jane Austen, from

Free