The Art of Ekphrasis: Writing with Visual Art 4-Week Zoom Workshop with Holly Lyn Walrath starts Sunday, March 8th, 2026
Class Starts Sunday, March 8th, 2026
This class will meet via Zoom on Sundays from 10:00AM - 12:00PM Central
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Led by Holly Lyn Walrath, a writer, editor, and publisher. Her poetry and short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Fireside Fiction, Analog, and Flash Fiction Online. She is the author of several books of poetry, including Glimmerglass Girl (2018), Numinose Lapidi (2020), and The Smallest of Bones (2021). She holds a Master’s in Creative Writing from the University of Denver. In 2019, she launched Interstellar Flight Press, an indie SFF publisher dedicated to publishing underrepresented genres and voices.
Ekphrasis is the art of writing in response to art. This generative workshop invites writers of all genres to explore the intersection of art and words.
Through four guided observation sessions (taking place via Zoom), students will learn to pay attention to detail, describe what they see in vivid and unique ways, and grow their writing practice through art.
Writers are observers at heart, and this class provides hands-on exercises to boost observation skills and break out of creative blocks. Fill up your well of inspiration through art.
Course Outline:
Week 1: The Art of Observation
Week 2: Giving Voice to the Figure
Week 3: Living Objects
Week 4: Creating a Narrative
Course Takeaways:
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Learn how to “see” like an artist
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Discover new observation skills to use in writing
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Experience generative prompts inspired by art
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Learn about artistic styles and how they translate to writing
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Find ways to incorporate art into writing and vice versa
ONLINE COURSE STRUCTURE:
This class will meet via Zoom on Sundays from 10:00AM - 12:00PM Central. We will also have a dedicated online classroom in Wet Ink, meaning you complete the weekly assignments on your own schedule. Your cohort will consist of writers from across different time zones, which allows for a wonderful diversity of voices
Along with your weekly deadlines, there is plenty of interaction with Holly and your peers within Wet Ink, our dedicated online classroom. Craft materials, lectures, reading assignments, and writing prompts are all available through the online classroom. Students also post work and provide and receive feedback within the online classroom environment.
You can finish the work as you see fit week-to-week, which is perfect for any schedule. There are discussion questions each week inspired by the assigned readings and topics in the lecture notes. Students are encouraged to take these wherever is most compelling and/or useful for them. Holly engages with these discussions throughout the week, and you will receive feedback from all assigned writing activities.
HOW DOES WET INK WORK?
Wet Ink was built and designed specifically for online writing classes. Wet Ink is private, easy to use, and very interactive. You can learn more about the Wet Ink platform by Watching a Class Demo.
ONLINE COURSE STRUCTURE:
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Instructor: Holly Lyn Walrath
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Class Starts Sunday, March 8th, 2026
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This class will meet via Zoom on Sundays from 10:00AM - 12:00PM Central
- Course is fully ONLINE and will meet via Zoom and have a dedicated online classroom in Wet Ink, where students can work according to their own schedule within weekly deadlines. Once you have enrolled, the instructor will send you a link to our online classroom, which is provided via Wet Ink.