Image: Fox creek Fire Ground, Sam Oster 2020
Ekphrastic, a Greek word meaning ‘description’, is a form of creative writing describing a work of art or a visual image. Image:
Join award-winning poet Jude Aquilina for an entertaining and interactive workshop which will provide the tools and inspiration to write about artworks, photographs and images. The aim of this hands-on workshop is to arm participants with the skills to write effectively and confidently about the visual image. Bring a pen, paper and any photographs or images you would like to write about. Alternatively, you may wish to respond to the artworks in the exhibition space.
Whether you’re an artist wanting to write about your work, a poet looking to diversify, or a curious lover of the arts, Jude Aquilina will guide you into the exciting world of this cross-arts expression.
Jude's workshop will be held in the Coral Street Art Space, where you will also experience the work she has created for the exhibition Solastalgia - loss and return.
Workshop fee is $10, payable on the door.
Solastalgia - loss and return is comprised of 30 multi-disciplinary observances which reflect upon loss and time; how it fractures, folds and heals, broadening our kinship with the landscape and each other. Artists are from Karta Pintingga (Kangaroo Island), Kaurna (Adelaide City), Peramangk (Adelaide Hills) and Ngarrindjeri Country (South Coast).
Exhibiting artists: Dave Foreman, Peter Hastwell, Michele Lane, Janine Mackintosh, Deb Sleeman, Lara Tilbrook, Jeannie Vivonne, Aunty Ellen Trevorrow, Aunty Alice Abdulla, Aunty Rita Lindsay Sr, Liz Butler, Jelina Haines, Sue Hawksley, Sue Kneebone, Sam Oster, Tristan Louth Robins, Cynthia Schwertsik, Simone Slattery, Laura Wills and Will Cheeseman, Kate Alder, Jude Aquilina, Judy Baghurst, David Cookson, Veronica Cookson, Helen Ellemor, Liz Hobbs, Roger Rees, Heather Webster, Sue Willett.
Exhibition concludes Saturday 26 August 2023.
Coral Street Art Space opening hours Wednesday to Friday 10am - 3pm, Saturday 10am - 2pm, Sunday by appointment.
Solastalgia’s activities take place on Aboriginal lands and participants acknowledge and pay respect to Kaurna, Narungga, Peramangk, Ngarrindjeri, Ramindjeri and Boandik Nations and their Elders past, present and emerging as the custodians of the cultural heritage and ecological knowledge bound to the regions that nourish us all.
