Our Next Zoom Workshop: Leonora Carrington

Our next workshop at The Ekphrastic Academy is a zoom session on the surrealist artist Leonora Carrington. Join us to learn more about this brilliant artist's life and work. Paintings, sculpture, short stories, and more, Carrington left England and eventually landed in Mexico, where she worked for more than 50 years. She is one of the luminaries of surrealist art, and her life story was as wild as her artworks. ​

The Surreal Life and Work of Leonora Carrington

CA$35.00

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

2 to 4 pm eastern standard time

Leonora Carrington's astonishing life story and her brilliant imagination fuelled one of the most interesting bodies of creative work we've ever known. As a young woman, she ran away from a comfortable life in England, then from a traumatic time in an institution for mental illness, ending up in Mexico. For 75 years, she created surreal stories, fantastical paintings, and eerie and beautiful sculptures.

We will look at Leonora's life experiences and creative works. In the second hour, we will use her visual art as prompts for generating our own poems or stories. All writers are welcome, fiction, poetry, and more.

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