Art Write Now with the Ames Writers Collective

"Art Write Now" invites writers of all levels to showcase the powerful connection between visual art and creative writing. Through this program, participants will explore how art can serve as a writing prompt—evoking emotions, triggering memories, and sparking conversations. Participants will draw inspiration from the exhibitions at the Christian Petersen Art Museum to create and publicly share poetry, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, or perform monologues and music.

The program will begin with a guided tour of the museum's exhibitions, led by University Museums curator Alison Ranniger. Afterward, Ana Hays McCracken, founder of the Ames Writers Collective, will introduce the concept of "writing to writing prompts" that will connect writers to the exhibition through writing exercises, using the art around them as inspiration to craft meaningful responses. The combination of visual arts and literary exploration aims to create a space where participants can connect deeply with both the artwork and with one another, fostering creativity and dialogue. Free!

You may also like the following events from University Museums, Iowa State University:

• This Wednesday, 4th June, 05:30 pm, "Hive Mind" Inspirations: Chemistry at Iowa State in Ames
• This Sunday, 8th June, 02:00 pm, What is Place-Making in a Landscape? With Bambi Yost, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture in Ames
• Next Sunday, 15th June, 02:00 pm, A New Deal: Christian Petersen and the PWAP in Ames

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