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Sacred to Profane: 2013 Spring MFAH Writers Workshops
Writers at all levels welcome!
The Spring 2013 MFAH Writers Workshops, led by celebrated author and poet, Van G. Garrett, and an MFAH Educator, take a cross-cultural and cross-temporal look at works in the museums’ galleries of Asian, African, and indigenous American Art. Special emphasis will be given to The Glassell Collections of African, Indonesian & Pre-Columbian Gold.
Each workshop is designed around works of art that address a different aspect of the theme Sacred to Profane.
Discover how to use what you experience looking closely at works in the museum’s galleries as a springboard to writing.
All participants will engage with ice-breaker activities, an interactive gallery experience, free-time to write, and a mini-conference with Garrett.
Speak to Me: The World of Spirits
Saturday, Mar 23, 2013 from 1 to 5 p.m.
Workshop Leader: Van G. Garrett
Van G. Garrett, Houston-based and internationally celebrated literary artist, has had poetry and essays published in journals and anthologies based in the United States, England, Switzerland, Turkey and numerous African nations. He has received noteworthy awards and fellowships, served as a judge for the National Poetry Slam and The ARTlines Competition (co-sponsored by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Public Poetry), and refereed for the International Journal of the Asian Philosophical Association (IJAPA). Garrett earned an MA in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Houston-Victoria, BA from Houston Baptist University, and a Certificate in African American Studies from the University of Houston.
Registration
$25 for MFAH members; $35 for general public.
Registration is limited to 20 participants.
Please bring a notebook and pencils. (Pens are discouraged in the galleries.) Or bring your iPad, netbook, or other laptop!
A selection of beverages and snacks are included.
In case you cannot attend once registered, please contact us as soon as possible at lectures@mfah.org so we can admit someone from the stand-by list.
A limited number of scholarships are available for current full-time undergraduate or graduate students.
https://ecomm.mfah.org/mfah/Reservation.aspx?eventtypeid=4500&eventcategoryid=200
Image: EWE
Ghana or Togo
Crown
Early 20th century
Gold
6 3/4 x 7 inches
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Gift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
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