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Shutter to Think: A Writers Workshop

Forwarded to me from Sherrie Flick (of the wonderful Gist Street Reading Series), an upcoming FREE writing workshop in Pittsburgh. In her words:

Here's a great chance to get writing done and spend a bunch of time with amazing photographs at the Carnegie. Please note, writers have access to the exhibition any time (during regular hours) throughout the 5-week run of the workshop.

Shutter to Think: A Writer's Workshop
Sat. Nov 5, 12, 19, Dec. 3, 10, 2005
Carnegie Museum of Art
Free, registration required

Novice and experienced writers are invited to explore the intersection of images and words in a free writing workshop inspired by Carnegie Museum of Art photography exhibitions, Luke Swank: Modernist Photographer and Witness to the Fifties. This five-session workshop is moderated by Sherrie Flick, writer, editor, and director of the Gist Street Reading Series.

The program includes gallery discussions and facilitated writing sessions, brief presentations by guest writers and photographers, and culminates in a public reading on December 10 at 12:30. Participants have access to the exhibition any time during museum hours for the run of the five-week workshop, which begins on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 1:30, in the Carnegie Museum of Art theater (immediately following the curator's talk on the Luke Swank exhibition, writers are encouraged to attend). Subsequent sessions will take place on Saturday mornings, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the exhibition galleries and include generative writing exercises, discussion, revision strategies, and brief guest presentations:
- Nov. 12 - poet Jim Daniels and photographer Charlee Brodsky;
- Nov. 19 - writer Sherrie Flick and photographer Sue Abramson,
- Dec. 3 - writer Lois Williams and poet Nancy Krygowski.

The workshop is free but pre-registration is required. Call 412.622.3288 to register.

Lots of inspiration all around, plus the company of writers. And all the readers are terrific writers and people. I hope to attend at least one of the days. Don't forget to pre-register!

Posted by Cindy on October 18, 2005
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