Ekphrastic Assemblage: Fabricating Poems with the Art of Betye Saar Bottles & Tumblers

Ekphrastic Assemblage: Fabricating Poems with the Art of Betye Saar Bottles & TumblersEkphrastic Assemblage: Fabricating Poems with the Art of Betye Saar with Laura Gray Street Sunday, August 16 3 6 p. m. Eastern Google Meet Sliding Scale "The way I start a piece is that the materials turn me on." Betye Saar The artist Betye Saar is noted for constructing her pieces with found materials, combining the remnant of memories, fragments of relics and ordinary objects to assembl[e] the pieces and put . . . them together. We will rummage

and real wonders underwater

it feels plush

Activation

Great for indoors and outdoors with your journals

We’ll use prompts with model texts by poets Kristina Marie Darling

: Lead and BPA-free

Expect to experiment with voice

Ekphrastic Assemblage: Fabricating Poems with the Art of Betye Saar

and adjustable straps for extra comfort

a tiny bit of discussion

even after the class is over

you’ll examine your creative process through a series of activities and experiments designed to strengthen your relationship with your muse