Still Life: Mining the Painter's Pantry for Poetry
Still Life: Mining the Painter's Pantry is an ekphrastic discovery workshop on Zoom. We had this workshop a couple years ago and have been asked about giving it again, so here it is!
The centuries old painting genre of still life is an audience and collector favourite. What is it about a bowl of fruit or an old vase that we find so compelling?
For writers, the humble pantry paintings are actually a goldmine of inspiration when we look more carefully. Still life paintings were historically chock full of symbols of both status and spirituality.
In this workshop, we will learn a little bit about the history of still life paintings, dive into their historic symbols, view classic and contemporary creations alike, and stretch our imaginations with some creative exercises to generate ideas and poems or stories. We will also look at a few poems born from still life artworks.
Wednesday, February 26 from 4 pm to 6 pm Eastern Standard Time.