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Art and Writing

A Workshop for Artists, Writers
and Lovers of Art

Saturday, March 31, 2012
12:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Dunkle Hall
Frostburg State University Campus
Cost: FREE

In conjunction with the Allegany Arts Council, the Frostburg Center for Creative Writing is proud to host its seventh annual Art & Writing Workshop--a program for artists who need to write and creative writers who love art.

Featuring faculty who are practicing artists and writers in their own right, the workshops will provide students with the skills necessary to write about their own art or about the art they love.

Please send an email to cwcenter@frostburg.edu with your name, address, and workshop selection.

The two workshops include:

Art as a Muse

How visual art can inspire and enhance the writing process. Workshop participants will learn how to interact with and respond to art of all mediums in order to create stories and poems. Students will also work with techniques that engage the artwork beyond responding to it or describing it. *Students are encouraged to bring in pictures of their favorite artwork.

Making Art from Literature

Workshop participants will create text and images pieces, primarily through drawing and hand-lettering. No drawing experience needed. Any drawing level is appropriate. Participants should bring pens, pencils, and erasers. Bring no-mess colors (colored pencils, colored markers, NOT paint) if you have them. Paper will be supplied, but participants can bring extra paper. Most important, participants should bring text sources (their own writing, or the writing of others): poetry collections, novels, essays, whatever inspires.

 

 

 
2011 Faculty
 

Making Art From Literature, Illustration

 

Jamison Odone

Jamison Odone is an author and illustrator of Children's books and Graphic Novels, who was born and raised in Rhode Island and now lives and works in Connecticut. He received his BFA in illustration from The Art Institute of Boston and his MFA from Western Connecticut State University.

In 2007 Jamison Odone’s first book, Honey Badgers, was released. In a review of Honey Badgers, Publishers Weekly said that, "Odone, tapping into a powerful vein of fantasy has created the kind of book certain children will cling to, years after they abandon the rest of their picture book collections." His other books include The Bedtime Train and Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, part of his new series Stickfiguratively Speaking. He is currently working on the second book of the series, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, to be released in 2011.

His work has been reviewed by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, The Knight Letter, Midwest Book Review as well as by numerous literary blogs and newspapers. In 2009 he was awarded a Fellowship Grant from the state of Connecticut for his body of work. When he is not busy painting, he can be found giving numerous lectures and workshops throughout New England. He is also very active with The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, running classroom workshops and curriculum based on his books. He also teaches at the Silvermine School of Art in New Canaan, CT and in the Masters program at Western Connecticut State University.

 

 

Art as a Muse

 

Gabrielle Zane

Gabrielle Zane is a performer, writer, and visual artist. Ms. Zane holds an M.F.A. from Bennington College. As a Teaching Artist for the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, Ms. Zane has taught creative writing, performance and visual arts in schools, universities, and arts agencies throughout New England. As a member of the Poetry Alive!, Gabrielle toured the country performing poetry to children of all ages. Nationally recognized for her performance, Gabrielle was the 1997 Connecticut Individual Performance Poetry Champion and the 1997 winner of the prestigious Slam Master's Slam in Chicago. She is a fonder and member of the band Zeno's Eros. Ms. Zane has a chapbook of poems, Being Your Eyes from Curbstone Press.

 

 

 

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