A Picture and a Thousand Words: Pairing Art and Writing

The Atwater Writers Exhibition presents A Picture and a Thousand Words, a series of paired workshops featuring an hour of visual art and craft activities followed by an hour of writing. These cross-pollinating sessions will take place by Zoom until in-person sessions are possible. They will be held from 10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with a 15-minute break between the two parts. Additional dates are also available.


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The Atwater Writers Exhibition presents A Picture and a Thousand Words, a series of paired workshops featuring an hour of visual art and craft activities followed by an hour of writing. These cross-pollinating sessions will take place by Zoom until in-person sessions are possible. They will be held from 10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with a 15-minute break between the two parts. Additional dates are also available.

Art activities will be led by Anna Jane McIntyre. They may include collage-making, zine-making, drawing, mini-sculptures, and other creative work requiring no previous training. The first four writing activities will be led by Elaine Kalman Naves. She will use prompts and short activities as jumping-off points for personal writing, memoir or nonfiction.

These workshops are FREE but you must register to receive the Zoom link and information about the art materials you will be using. To register: awe@atwaterlibrary.ca.

More information here: http://awe.atwaterlibrary.ca/activities/events-listings/

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