Events & Workshops

An ekphrastic poem is a vivid description of a scene or work of art. Dunlop Art Gallery staff will provide a guided tour of the Of a Place featured exhibition, followed by a presentation by Regina Public Library’s 2024-25 Writer-in-Residence Michael Mirolla on the ekphrasis writing tradition. You’ll be encouraged to select a work from the exhibit to write a poem about. Participants are invited to send your completed poem(s) to Michael for him to critique via a follow-up email or in-person appointment.

Curated by Wendy Peart, the works in this exhibition are recent acquisitions to the Regina Public Library Permanent Collection and the SK Arts Permanent Collection, and are made by artists who have a connection to the Prairies. Evident in all the work, are the artists’ deep and profound relationships to family, culture, land, home, and community, which is achieved through various methods, materials, and strategies. Through playful, wry, serious, introspective, hopeful, joyous and critical approaches, the artists examine how they are situated within and what they envision for their communities. Most importantly, the works feature the powerful contribution that individual personal identities bring to the richness of a particular place.

Registration required: https://www.reginalibrary.ca/attend/programs/12935842