Poetry
Sarah Kobrinsky Poetry Workshop & Reading
Ekphrastic Poetry Writing Workshop
Join Sarah Kobrinsky, the 2013-2015 Poet Laureate of Emeryville, in this generative writing workshop. We will compose poems in response to the artwork in this year’s Celebration of the Arts show. Using various prompts and techniques, we will explore new ways of seeing with our words. Complete beginners to seasoned writers welcome. This workshop is limited to 25 people. Participants will be invited to submit their poems for an anthology, and to participate in a live reading on October 27th.
Sunday, October 6, 2024
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
Location: 5905 Shellmound Street, at the south end of the Public Market Emeryville
Limited to 25 participants and reservations required.
As of 9/24/24, the workshop is full.
Click here to sign up for the wait list.
Ekphrastic Poetry Reading
You are invited to an afternoon of poetry with Sarah Kobrinsky and poets from the Ekphrastic Workshop. Ekphrastic poems focus on works of art by interpreting, inhabiting, confronting, and speaking to their subjects. The ekphrastic poems at this reading will focus on any of the 220+ works of art in the 38th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition.
Sunday, October 27, 2024
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
Location: 5905 Shellmound Street, at the south end of the Public Market Emeryville
No registration required.
Watch the Reading video from 2020 above!
Media Contact
Genevieve Antaky
510/435-8092
gantaky@comcast.net
Public Info:
510/652-6122
info@emeryarts.org
www.emeryarts.org