artsXchange
With host, Terri Karsten
Tuesday, August 16 | 5:30pm - 7pm | MMAM, Oberton Education Room
MMAM and RAA members free | Nonmembers, free with MMAM admission
Registration is required, and space is limited to 25 attendees per program.
Inspire. Be inspired. Everyone welcome.
Terri Karsten will lead an ArtsXchange conversation about connecting visual arts (such as painting) with written arts (such as poetry and prose). While words can ‘paint’ a picture and describe sounds and smells to enrich the setting, it is up to the reader to imagine the scene. Visual arts provide a clearer view, but still require imagination to evoke other sensory input. How can these two forms interact? Participants in the conversation will tour the museum, choose a painting to write about, and spend some time writing. The session will conclude with sharing the writing and discussing the process.
Karsten is a published author of a variety of fiction and nonfiction pieces. Her work includes historical fiction novels (such as A Mistake of Consequence), steampunk shorts (such as Calliope in Under A Brass Moon), and non-fiction (such as Snags and Sawyers: 2000 Miles Down the Arkansas River.)
About artsXchange:
The Minnesota Marine Art Museum + River Arts Alliance are coming together to bring you a new, monthly informal artist exchange - a chance for artists and creatives from across a variety of mediums to gather for inspiration, exploration and exchange at the museum. Each month, a member from River Arts Alliance, a nonprofit that supports and celebrates regional arts and culture, hosts a 90-minute artist meet-up and conversation with an artist, maker, designer, writer, or another creative person.
The evening will begin by gathering in the atrium at MMAM and meeting their artist host. The group will then a take a short inspirational tour of the museum (identifying a couple of signature pieces to spark conversation, chosen by your artist guide), and continue with a meet-up in the Oberton Education Room for inspiring conversation that ranges from anything from technique, to who’s making what, to sales strategies, and other opportunities.
