About

Across cultures and literary history, the literary arts have had a longstanding connection to visual culture. In this class, we’ll look at various examples of the ways in which literary and visual artists have approached bringing text and image together – we’ll look at ekphrastic poetry, visual artists using text, and literary authors using image and visual forms to innovate their work.  We’ll focus primarily on creative strategies to generate your own ideas for writing and try out a variety of writing exercises. 

Bring a laptop or notebook to take notes and use for exercises. We’ll meet for one, three-hour session and explore a range of exercises and creative strategies. This class is for beginning and intermediate writers. 

Instructor: Shin Yu Pai holds a Masters of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and writes poetry and personal essays, in addition to making work as a visual artist.  From 2015-2017, she served as the fourth Poet Laureate for the City of Redmond. Her work has been awarded grants from the Awesome Foundation, Artist Trust, 4Culture, and the City of Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture. Her latest book Same Cloth will be published by Entre Rios Books in Fall 2018. She lives with her husband and 4-year-old son in Seattle, where she serves as Deputy Head of the Obscura Society for Atlas Obscura and curates programs that inspire curiosity and wonder for the Seattle Obscura Society.