Creative Writing

Discover Your Inner Poet: Art-Inspired Writing

Dr. Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Poet and Painter

This workshop is an art and word lover's feast. Reproductions and images from VMFA's vast collection inspire poems, journal entries, and prose vignettes. A variety of poetic forms, including the highly imaginative dramatic monologue and ekphrastic formats, enables participants to uncover the inner writer that resides in us all. This interactive session is tailor-made for anyone with a willingness to explore the unique qualities of written language that help define each writer's voice.

This program has been organized by the VMFA Office of Statewide Partnerships and is funded, in part, by the Jean Stafford Camp Fund.

Available: July 2011 – June 2013
Audience: Middle school and older
Enrollment: 15 – 20 participants

Ekphrasic Poetry in the Gallery and/or Museum Setting

 Dr. Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Poet and Painter

Participants will write poetry, inspired by paintings, photography, and sculpture located in the gallery and/or museum where the workshop takes place. Poet and painter Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda will use reproductions from Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’s collection to introduce ekphrastic poetry — a traditional approach to writing about art — and then select artwork from the statewide partner’s collection to inspire poems.

This program has been organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and is funded, in part, by the Jean Stafford Camp Memorial Fund.

Available: July 2011 – June 2013
Audience: Adult
Enrollment: 15 – 20