# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Winter Writers Reading Series: Free Workshop with Wisconsin Poet Laureate Brenda Cardenás
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 18 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 18 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Since 2011 Shake Rag Alley has provided residencies to award-winning Wisconsin writers, offering time and space to create. In 2026, we’re partnering with Wisconsin People & Ideas, the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission through the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, Arts + Literature Laboratory, and the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets.

Writers stay in Shake Rag Alley’s historic lodging facilities surrounded by the creative community of Mineral Point. Visiting writers participate in community outreach activities, including readings, workshops, and school visits as part of the Winter Writers Reading Series.

Join us at Rountree Gallery, 120 W. Main St., Platteville on March 18 6-8pm for a Ekphrasis: Writing Inspired by Visual Art presented by:

Brenda Cardenás
Wisconsin Poet Laureate
One artistic form can inspire another, creating profound connections, often in eye-opening and fortuitous ways. In this writing workshop, you will learn about various approaches poets take to the mode of ekphrasis—poetry inspired by visual art. Then, with the art in the Roundtree Gallery exhibits at your disposal and using prompts to guide you, you will write poems in response to works of visual art that inspire, intrigue, puzzle, or move you. We will work toward creating a third space where the poem and art together are something more or different than their parts—something, perhaps, unexpected!

Learn more by visiting the Winter Writers Reading Series event page
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/platteville/winter-writers-reading-series-free-workshop-with-wisconsin-poet-laureate-brenda-cardenás/200029533406317
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 21

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Platteville
- **state**: WI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Rountree Gallery
- **lat**: 42.73458
- **long**: -90.47955
- **full address**: Rountree Gallery, 120 W. Main St,Platteville,WI,United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Winter Writers Reading Series: Free Workshop with Wisconsin Poet Laureate Brenda Cardenás being held?
  - **A:** Winter Writers Reading Series: Free Workshop with Wisconsin Poet Laureate Brenda Cardenás takes place on Wed, 18 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 18 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Rountree Gallery, 120 W. Main St,Platteville,WI,United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Winter Writers Reading Series: Free Workshop with Wisconsin Poet Laureate Brenda Cardenás?
  - **A:** Winter Writers Reading Series: Free Workshop with Wisconsin Poet Laureate Brenda Cardenás is organized by Shake Rag Alley.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Winter Writers Reading Series: Free Workshop with Wisconsin Poet Laureate Brenda Cardenás is ideal for learners, working professionals, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Platteville, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Winter Writers Reading Series: Free Workshop with Wisconsin Poet Laureate Brenda Cardenás sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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