As a visual artist, writing about your own work - whether it's an artist statement, exhibition placards, or grant proposals - can be a challenge. Ekphrastic poetry (a.k.a. poetry inspired by visual art) can help you think differently about the process. This 3-hour virtual workshop will include time reading and analyzing ekphrastic poems together, followed […]
Local author and historian P. (Patty) O'Connell Pearson (WFYP, June 2015) will be visiting the City of Fairfax Regional Library to talk about her newest book, No Ordinary Women: How Progressive Era Reformers Reshaped America. This book, recommended for ages 10 and up, details a period of time defined by rampant inequality. Through grassroots movements, people remade American […]
Instructor: Sharisse Zeroonian (WSS, January 2024) Health and illness; it’s an inescapable part of life. But sometimes, it can be hard to write about. How do we do so in an emotionally balanced, powerful, and sensitive way? Come join this fun, interactive workshop to learn how! Students will:
Gods and monsters don't need an invitation. Neither do brothers. Eyes Shut. Door Open. is a psychological horror play dressed in the glamour of the New York art scene. TURNER STREET has everything — the paintings, the opening, the girl. What he doesn't have is an exit from his past. Not with Palmer at the […]