CW223

This workshop and critique-based creative writing studio is for students interested in writing poetry, as well as for those interested in using text in print, painting, digital and installation works. Over the course of the semester students will explore contemporary poetics and writing for various media in art and design. The course will open and close with a discussion around the idea of what and where the poetic exists in a contemporary, media-driven landscape (print publishing, online, performance, etc.).This studio expands on the traditional poetry workshop models and functions as an interdisciplinary lab for language-driven art experiments. This course welcomes consideration of language and writing in relation to sculptural objects and multiples, of word as symbol, and of image as mark-making alongside written words.Students will read assigned work; consider related images, visual material, and videos; write in class; work on projects outside of class; share work in a guided peer review and critique; create a portfolio of writings or related set of projects such as books, prints, audio recordings, and videos.

Pacific Northwest College of Art

Portland