Ekphrastic Workshop at the Kerouac House with Victoria Dym

Spend the afternoon using ekphrasis to explore Kerouac’s furnishings, artifacts and artwork to inspire your own writing. Ekphrasis means ‘description” in Greek. Ekphrastic writing uses a vivid description of a scene or, more commonly, a work of art. Through the imaginative act of narrating and reflecting on the “action” of a painting, sculpture, or artifact, the writer may amplify and expand its meaning. Spend the afternoon with your workshop facilitator, Victoria Dym, using ekphrasis to explore Kerouac’s furnishings, artifacts and artwork to inspire your own writing. Perhaps, you will be inspired to start a story set in the 1950’s or 60’s. Or write a poem as Keat’s did with Ode to a Grecian Urn. This workshop at the Jack Kerouac House on 9/19 from 1-4pm is meant to be inspirational and generative no matter what stage of writer you define yourself as. Appropriate for beginners to published authors. And even if you are not a writer, Victoria has studied up on the historical artifacts, artwork and stories that she has curated for this workshop, both inside and outside the house. Fun and informative and as always sharing is optional. Prerequisite: Curiosity Tickets $30 plus tax