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Symposium on Writing the Visual March 5 in Â鶹´«Ã½ Art Gallery
March 2, 2010
MACOMB, IL - - Â鶹´«Ã½ Illinois University's English Graduate Organization (EGO) will host the "Critical and Creative Ekphrasis: A Symposium on Writing the Visual," beginning at 3 p.m. Friday, March 5 in the Â鶹´«Ã½ Art Gallery.
English students and faculty, as well as art department artists and interested public, will have the opportunity to create poetry inspired by the current exhibit, "Exploring Media: Glitter."
English faculty members will give brief talks: David Banash on "Ekphrastic Desire: Why Writers Make Us See"; Charles McLeod on "Trees Hit by Cars: How Writing Meets Art"; and Erika Wurth will lead an "Exquisite Corpse," where participants add to a collection of words in sequence.
The symposium is open free to the public. For more information, contact EGO secretary Cara Piersee, telephone (309) 298-2815.
The EGO website is .
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