The Writers Salon

Write your way through the galleries at the Burchfield Penney Art Center! 
Second Thursday of the Month 
10:30 am-12:30 pm 
Members: FREE | Not-Yet-Members: $20 

Join us on the second Thursday of the month for a morning of writing as inspired by art! We will explore different avenues to ekphrastic writing, or writing creatively as inspired by art, in the galleries. Exemplary writing by contemporary or historical local writers will be shared. Generative prompts will be offered to spark creativity. A community space, the Writers Salon is a welcoming and supportive environment for writers and artists of all levels and genres who’d like to engage with art in a new way! 

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September 10: Jewels on a Necklace | Writing Technique: Threading language for transformative revelations with ghazal poetry | Gallery Tour of FIT: Buffalo Fashion, Identity, and Transformation 

October 8:Excavating Personal Histories | Writing Technique: Experimenting with image and erasure poetry | Gallery Tour of Luanne Redeye, Under the Same Sky 

November 12: Recipes that Tell Family Stories | Writing Technique: Short lyric memoir in response to a family recipe (Please bring a family recipe if you can!) | Gallery Tour of Yuck/Yum 

About the Instructor 

Lucia LoTempio is a poet, editor, educator, and arts administrator. She the author of the lyric Hot with the Bad Things (Alice James Books, 2020). With Suzannah Russ Spaar, she co-authored the chapbook Undone in Scarlet (Tammy, 2019). She is the Education Associate at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, an Editor of Poetry for The Offing, and serves on the Editorial Board for Alice James Books. Lucia lives and writes in Buffalo, NY. You can find an extended bio and a full list of publications on her website.