NEA Big Read Ekphrastic Writing Workshop at The Gund
Date: 03/31/2025
Time: 04:00 pm-05:00 pm
Location: The Gund, 101 1/2 College Drive, Gambier, OH 43022.
Organizer: Jamie Lyn Smith-Fletcher
Cost: Free
Contact and more info:
jfletcher@knox.net
About the event:
The Gund at Kenyon College welcomes creative writers across genres to visit the art museum from 6:00
p.m.–7:00 p.m. on Monday, March 31st for our second Ekphrastic Writing Workshop. Whether you’re a
poet or a playwright, a memoirist or genre fiction writer, this workshop is a great opportunity to stretch
your imagination with prompts responding to and expanding on works of art in the exhibitions and the
NEA Big Read Theme, “Where We Live.” Led by Associates from The Gund and The Kenyon Review, this
workshop is sure to inspire!
All are welcome. Materials and supplies provided. The Gund is located at 101 1⁄2 College Drive, Gambier,
OH. Free parking is available in the West Quad Parking Garage on College Drive. This workshop is open to
writers aged 12+, but it is recommended that writers under age 18 attend with a parent or guardian.
This event is part of our NEA Big Read program celebrating Interior Chinatown and exploring the theme
“Where We Live.” For more information about the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County’s NEA
Big Read programs, visit www.knox.net, email knoxwrites1@gmail.com or call (740) 392-BOOK extension
8259.
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