This event is in the past.It took place on January 11, 2025 at Catharine Clark Gallery.




Poets turn paintings into language at this ekphrastic event. Bay Area writers respond to Julie Heffernan's lush, feminist dreamscapes: canvases where paradise and chaos collide, intimacy meets destruction, and past crashes into present. You'll leave with a commemorative art postcard in hand.
Ekphrastic poetry
Contemporary art gallery
Feminist themes
Live readings
Tips
🎨"consistently amazing gallery, for decades, working at the intersection of craft and social commentary"
🖼️pick your favorite postcard design at the event
📖art cards with poems available for $8 at EXiT
Whether You Fly: An Ekphrastic Poetry Project
Potrero Hill




Poets turn paintings into language at this ekphrastic event. Bay Area writers respond to Julie Heffernan's lush, feminist dreamscapes: canvases where paradise and chaos collide, intimacy meets destruction, and past crashes into present. You'll leave with a commemorative art postcard in hand.
Ekphrastic poetry
Contemporary art gallery
Feminist themes
Live readings
Tips
🎨"consistently amazing gallery, for decades, working at the intersection of craft and social commentary"
🖼️pick your favorite postcard design at the event
📖art cards with poems available for $8 at EXiT
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