Description
Poetry isn’t only for chapbooks and artist books, but a way of looking at the natural world through the lens of metaphor, rhythm, and form. That’s why we use the adjective “poetic” to also describe many other kinds of art. Merridawn is a poet and visual artist who uses language in her objects and artworks as a defining element—she straddles the line between the written, the graphic, and the visual. This class is for visual artists and artist-writers interested in poetry as inspiration and methodology. The course will include a survey of examples of the use of words in contemporary art, writing prompt exercises, and an in-depth discussion of participants’ work and ideas.
About the Instructor
Oregon writer and visual artist, Merridawn Duckler, is the author of Interstate (dancing girl press), Idiom (Harbor Review) Misspent Youth (rinky dink press) and Arrangement (flash fiction Southern Most Books.) She won the Beulah Rose Poetry Prize, the CNF prize from Invisible City, the Elizabeth Sloane Tyler Memorial Award from Woven Tale Press, judged by Ann Beattie, the Drama prize from Arts and Letters Georgia University. Fellowships include: Yaddo, Squaw Valley, SLS St. Petersburg, Russia, Southampton Conference, Napa Valley, Poets on the Coast. She’s an editor at Narrative and a member of Blackfish Gallery in Portland.
Learn More
merridawnduckler.com
Materials List
You will need to bring:
Preferred writing utensils, such as paper and pen or a laptop