Upcoming Events
Ekphrastic Poetry Workshops with John Paul Caponigro
Come savor art (or photography) with words. John Paul Caponigro (artist/writer) is leading a few events this April and May, designed to deepen and diversify your enjoyment of art with creative writing = ekphrasis. Explore and share your relationships with art in person, in social networks, in exhibitions, or in publications through Ekphrastic writing.
Celebrate National Poetry Month, and bring some art into your writing!
April 23 – Wednesday, 2:30-4 pm EST – Online
Maine Media Workshops
Ekphrastic Workshop – Richard Blanco & John Paul Caponigro
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May 1 – Thursday – Online
The International Photography Hall Of Fame
Ekphrastic Workshop – John Paul Caponigro
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May 7 – Wednesday, 11-12:30 pm EST – In person
The Farnsworth Museum Of Art
Ekphrastic Workshop – John Paul Caponigro – Reindigenizing Sacred Landscapes.
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May 9 – Friday, 11-12:30 pm EST – In person
Colby College / Senior Exhibit
Ekphrastic Workshop – Richard Blanco & John Paul Caponigro
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May 15 – Thursday, 6-6:45 pm EST – In person
Portland Museum Of Art
Ekphrastic Workshop – John Paul Caponigro / Joe Sandman: Skin Deep
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A LIVE Craft Talk with Jane Hirshfield
LIVE EVENT at the 2025 Camden Festival of Poetry. A Craft Talk with Jane Hirshfield • Information, Invitation and Insight: Transitions in Poems.
A VIRTUAL Craft Talk with Jane Hirshfield
A VIRTUAL EVENT on Zoom from the 2025 Camden Festival of Poetry. A Craft Talk with Jane Hirshfield • Information, Invitation and Insight: Transitions in Poems.
Living by Poems (Virtual on Zoom)
A VIRTUAL EVENT on Zoom from the 2025 Camden Festival of Poetry. A Craft Talk with Jane Hirshfield • Information, Invitation and Insight: Transitions in Poems.
Jane Hirshfield in Conversation
Jane Hirshfield’s personal appearance reading and talking about her poems in conversation with Mark S. Burrows is open to new registrations.
The culmination of the Craft Talk series called Asking Along: The Poetry of Jane Hirshfield, this opportunity to hear from Hirshfield herself is an added bonus!
This session also serves as an introduction to the Camden Festival of Poetry that will take place in May in Camden, Maine where Hirshfield will be the keynote speaker. The program will be recorded and available to all those who have registered.
There is a $10 fee.
An Evening Reading with Poet & Essayist Ross Gay (IN PERSON)
Poet and essayist Ross Gay, author of Inciting Joy, The Book of Delights, Bring the Shovel Down, and The Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, comes to Camden!
And don’t miss the craft talk with Ross Gay happening earlier that day! Learn more and register for the craft talk here.
Presented by the Camden Festival of Poetry and the Belfast Poetry Festival.
Sponsored by The Poets Corner and Toad Hall Editions.
Read more about Ross Gay here.
Evening Reading with Ross Gay
Saturday, September 28th, 7:00-9:00 PM
First Congregational Church in Camden, Maine
$10 Registration Fee
Space is Limited