

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Writing Visual Art: Ekphrastic Poetry and Prose
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: This 1-session workshop explores ekphrastic writing, where participants create poetry or prose inspired by visual art. Using examples from John Keats, Gertrude Stein, W.H. Auden, and others, students will engage in a generative exercise to write an ekphrastic piece about a work of art in the museum, followed by feedback and discussion.

Price
This workshop is included with Museum admission. We also ask that participants mark their attendance with donations which will go directly to Compton’s Table, a local nonprofit in Erie, PA.

Dates &amp; Times
This workshop meets on Saturday April 18th from 1:00 – 3:00 pm.

Materials Required
Participants bring their own writing supplies; pencils and paper provided
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/erie/writing-visual-art-ekphrastic-poetry-and-prose/200029722921241
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.erieartmuseum.org/ekphrastic-poetry?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=erie-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Erie
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 20 East 5th Street, Erie, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 16507
- **lat**: 42.13085
- **long**: -80.0854
- **full address**: 20 East 5th Street, Erie, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 16507

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Erie Art Museum (https://allevents.in/org/erie-art-museum/1107712)

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 20 East 5th Street, Erie, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 16507
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Erie Art Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, workshops, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Writing Visual Art: Ekphrastic Poetry and Prose ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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