Anca L. Szilágyi (Dreams Under Glass, Daughters of the Air) will teach the workshop Visual Inspiration: Writing from Assemblages & Collages in person for Hugo House in Seattle.

In this one-day class, we will explore how to generate new writing from the visual art forms of assemblages and collage. What can these forms offer us as writers? What ideas and stories do they suggest? We will look at contemporary works available in the Henry Art Gallery's permanent collection and discuss strategies for writing from art. Students will have the opportunity to share new writing, but the focus will be on generating new work rather than critique. Time permitting, we will also explore the current exhibits of the Henry.