ART AS POETRY/POETRY AS ART
Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI
May 14 – June 18, 2023
Art as Poetry/Poetry as Art is a collaborative effort
where the written word stimulates the creation of visual art and
visual art acts as a muse for the written word.
Poets are invited to submit a poem to spark new artwork.
Artists are invited to provide an image of an existing work to evoke new poetry.
Each artist and poet selects the poem or artwork that excites them
and then the creative juices flow.
My selected poem and poet: Misreading Chinese Poetry by Jenna Rindo
On February 14th I put my thoughts into a thumbnail plan in my journal:
By April 1st I’d roughed out the ground on which the encaustic painting would occur:
and here’s a detail of the finished piece:(to see the whole piece you’ll have to come see the show)
(you can click on images for larger view)