Word + Image: Poems Inspired by Works of Art

Word + Image: Poems Inspired by Works of Art

Room: Oversized Room, 2nd Floor

Building: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Main (Oakland)

Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Pre-registration: Closes on Thursday, 5/28, at 12 PM. Pre-registered attendees will receive priority seating. Walk-ins are welcome if capacity allows.

Description

After reading three short examples of ekphrastic poems, we will look at various works of art and generate new work inspired by those artworks.

About Workshop Host

Pablo Miguel Martínez's collection, Brazos, Carry Me, received the 2013 PEN Southwest Book Award for Poetry. His chapbook, Cuent@, was a runner-up in the 2015 Center for Book Arts Chapbook Competition, judged by Cornelius Eady. Pablo is a Co-Founder of CantoMundo, a national workshop-retreat for Latiné poets that is based at Arizona State University.

For more information about the Pgh Book Festival, check out the website here.