Invitation: Discover our Ekphrastic Academy!

Did you know we have an Ekphrastic Academy?

Join us on zoom for a variety of single-session zooms and longer classes.

Events are about art history, art appreciation, artist lives, writer's craft, ekphrasis, and more.

Our workshops are a great place to connect to community for conversation about art, discovering the lives of artists and their work, generating new drafts, and having fun. They are a great value and you always receive the slides of images directly after the session so that you can reference works that ignite your imagination.

Register for your favourite subjects, or try an unfamiliar topic and discover something new.

Upcoming: Abstract Women, The Impressionists, Tina Modotti, Leonard Cohen, and more.

Ekphrasis Anonymous sessions are purely generative. They include a curated grab-bag of various styles and artists. We write from four to six artworks during these sessions.

If you haven't tried our workshops yet, take the plunge and find out what you've been missing!

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​Workshop Testimonials
 
Lorette’s workshop on Paul Klee today was everything I had hoped for. And more. We were writing within the first ten minutes. When it comes to marrying graphic art with poetry, art with any form of creative writing, no one presides over the marriage with greater grace.
Lee Stockdale

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 Luzajic is the real deal. Her workshops convey her profound mastery of ekphrasis, art history, and multiple writing forms. She excels in communicating complex ideas with ease, all the while generously opening creative doors for each participant to walk through. She does all this with wisdom, respect and kindness."
Theresa Wyatt

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I recently completed a 4-week ekphrastic prose poetry class taught by Lorette Luzajic. Lorette is a phenomenal instructor when it comes to anything ekphrastic but I was also pleasantly surprised and delighted to find what a wonderful instructor she is in prose poetry. Although an experienced poet, this was my first class using that specific genre. Lorette gave us wonderful examples of prose poems as well as thorough and gentle instruction in the art as well as craft of writing prose poems. This is my third or fourth class with Lorette and I've never encountered another instructor who is so generous with their clearly detailed work product. Her slides contain a wealth of information and references, yet she givingly shares them with her students without fail. She is my go-to instructor for excellent, interesting, and thorough teaching.
Robin Gabbert 

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Writing Ekphrastic Prose Poetry: This course was so inspirational and helped me expand my writing capabilities. Lorette C. Luzajic is an amazing teacher, art historian, and artist. I wrote at least 10 prose pieces based on the artwork she presented in class. I will definitely take another class with Lorette in the future. 
Laura P.

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I loved taking Lorette’s Ekphrastic Prose Poetry class over four weeks. It provided a wonderful foundation for both writing ekphrastic poetry and also writing prose poetry. It reignited my love of both art and writing poetry.  I’m ready to revise my poems from 7-10 years ago and work on a chapbook or full length ekphrastic collection!  Thanks so much for your fantastic classes which is packed with a ton of art, poetry, instructional material, critiques, and interactive sessions.   I’m excited and looking forward to taking more of your workshops and classes.  Thanks a ton!
Deborah Strozier

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Having taken both ekphrastic writing and collage classes from Lorette, I can’t recommend her enough. She brings to her classes a profound understanding of process and practice, warmth and grace, and is supremely well-prepared and thorough. Her thoughtfulness extends to every person in the class. You will learn a lot, while being encouraged and inspired. And Lorette’s takeaways are keepers: full of imagery, inspiration, and art history. 
Camille L. 

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The workshop was fantastic,  inspiring, and wonderful. You're an epic instructor and mentor, Lorette. Don't want to see it end.
Rebecca W.

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This class was a great discovery for me as I don’t know a lot about art history. I was introduced to a number of paintings which worked very well as prompts for stories. Lorette also taught us with very organized lectures and power point presentations about Ekphrastics and the short short. That was the more academic part of the class which is lacking in most workshops. In addition, she critiqued our work so we got that necessary feedback.
Helaina M.

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Any workshop with the indomitable Lorette Luzajic is an adventure into imagination and creativity that transcends preconceived boundaries. I will register again and again and again!
Barbara K.