If every picture tells a story, what does your work have to say? Is it poetry, fiction or personal memoir? This half -day workshop will inspire you to find the narrative tucked into your art. From an introduction to the ancient practice of ekphrastic writing, to samples of acclaimed authors drawing on visual art, to lively writing exercises revealing metaphor, telling details, emotions, and attitudes, you’ll find new ways to engage with your own visual “statements.” 

Nancy Spiller is an exhibiting artist, SCWCA member, and author of the novel Entertaining Disasters (Counterpoint Press) and the memoir Compromise Cake: Lessons Learned From My Mother’s Recipe Box (Counterpoint Press), which she also illustrated. She created a version of this workshop for the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, where she has been an instructor for 10 years.