Writing on Love and Loss: an ekphrastic immersion
Writing on Love and Loss: an ekphrastic immersion
Take your writing to the next level with community, discussion, engagement with art, and a deep dive into themes of love and loss. This program is for those who have embraced the ekphrastic life and want to immerse themselves in their ekphrastic practice and an intimate experience with a community of like-minded people, writing on deeper themes. It will offer accountability, discussion, feedback, and connection.
Each week, writers will respond to a selection of artworks on the theme of love and loss, directed by questions and creative exercises, in a 1.5 hour zoom. We will gather to share our words, discuss the paintings and our process, and share our ideas and progress. Lorette will offer feedback on six finished drafts per writer, whether poetry or small fictions. Writers will also connect inside a private Facebook group for the duration of the program, where we can post drafts, comments, discussion, ideas, suggestions, artworks, questions, etc.
The goal of this circle is to connect with each other, create a safe space for vulnerable discussion on essential but difficult themes, learn more about visual art and use it to trigger meaningful conversation and inspiration, bounce ideas and work in progress off other writers, and to create a small body of finished work.
Participants’ best works will be gathered into a chapbook that The Ekphrastic Review will publish and share with the world. Each writer will get three author copies. The price will be kept low to be accessible to all readers, and offered free to the public as a pdf.
Limited to ten participants.
Cost $200USD/$275CAD
Dates: Wednesday, August 6, 2025- 4 pm to 5:30 eastern time
Wednesday, August 13, 2025- 4 pm to 5:30 eastern time
Wednesday, August 20, 2025- 4 pm to 5:30 eastern time
Wednesday, August 27, 2025- 4 pm to 5:30 eastern time
Wednesday, September 3, 2025- 4 pm to 5:30 eastern time
Wednesday, September 10, 2025- 4 pm to 5:30 eastern time