WHAT I HAVE COMING UP THIS FALL

Three events, a road trip, and lagniappe

Three Events

Thursday, September 25th from 5:30 - 8:00 

I'll be leading the writing workshop, "Words in the Open Air," 

drawing on inspiration from the paintings in the Canton Museum's exhibit,

 "Impressions en Plein Air" for adults & teens wanting to respond to art and to writers wanting advanced work in ekphrastic poetry, ending with a lesson on broadsides and materials to create one.

Info on registering: 

https://www.cantonart.org/classes/words-open-air-creative-writing-workshop-diane-kendig

LINKS and PROMPTS FROM TODAY

 

Ohio Plein Air Society

            http://ohiopleinairsociety.com/

 

Definitions and examples from The Poetry Foundation

            https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/ekphrasis

 

A few Ohio art collections online to work from after today:

·         Akron Art Museum: http://akronartmuseum.org/collection/

·         Allen Art Museum at Oberlin College: http://oberlin.edu/amam/collection.html

·         Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown: http://www.butlerartcollection.com/

·         Cleveland Museum of Art: http://www.clevelandart.org/art/collections

·         Columbus Museum of Art: https://www.columbusmuseum.org/art-exhibitions/

·         Dayton Art Institute  http://www.daytonartinstitute.org/

·         Cowan Pottery Museum (Rocky River Library) Virtual: http://www.cowanpottery.org/gallery.htm

·         Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland: http://www.mocacleveland.org/exhibitions/past

·         NE Ohio University Visual Archives: http://www.csuohio.edu/artgallery/links.html

 

Links to paintings poems used today are based on

            Frida Kahlo’s “Self Portrait, 1947”
https://www.fridakahlo.org/self-portrait-with-loose-hair.jsp

 

            Frida Kahlo’s “Wounded Deer”
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/frida-kahlo-la-venadita-little-deer

 

Maria Blanchard’s “Two Sisters”

https://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-review/maria-blanchards-two-sisters-by-diane-kendig

           

Markets for ekphrastic poetry

*Any good poetry journal

*The Ekphrastic Review (online) – you must provide a link to the work online

Now charges a fee to submit

*Light Ekphrastic Review – Wants poet and artists collaborations; this would fit

      https://thelightekphrastic.com/

*Some journals offer art (often photos) to respond to: Rattle and other journals

*High School students – The Ohio Poetry Association contests for high schoolers

                  https://www.ohiopoetryassn.org/student-contests

PROMPTS

PROMPT 1: Write an ekphrastic poem, based on paintings in the Ohio Plein Air Society exhibit,

                        “Impression in Plein Air”

PROMPT 2: Write an ekphrastic  poem based on a work of art in the Canton Museum of Art

                        (consider that sculpture of the winged horse)

PROMPT 3: Write an ekphrastic poem based on a work of art in one of the Ohio collections listed on page one of this hand out. 

Friday, October 3rd all day

I'll be one of several practitioners leading a one-day retreat in nature for women, led by Mallory McCrea, here in Canton. There will be poetry, somatics, reiki, writing, botanicals, and healthy meals.  For more information on registering, see 

Inward Outside

Friday October 17th, 10:45 -Noon

at the Youngstown Literary Festival Oct. 16-18th

I'll be reading with Robert Miltner and Molly Fisher in an event we call "We'll Always Have Canton: New Work." This event is not open to the public, but if you are at the conference, some hear us...even if you aren't from Canton.

Road Trip 

After our successful tour of route 66 and NOLA in May, Paul & I are now heading out for his homeland of Central Massachusetts with visits to friends in Cohasset and Jamaica Plain. maybe get some haggis at The Haven. 

Rennie & Rebus will be guarding the house and when we return will be appearing with us in Wooster for Archie Ambassador Day, marching with the band to the game with the Wooster mascot, Archie. 

Lagniappe

If you don't know the term, it's a little gift or benefit, sometimes thrown in for free by shoppes in New Orleans. I've just had one of my poems made into a reed diffuser by poet-entrepreneur in India, Rochak Agarwal , at his business Urban Ganges. You can buy it here, but Trump's latest tariffs may be creating havoc with the ordering. I am ordering three this week and will let you know how it works out.