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What Art Can Teach the Poet by Kwame Dawes

Sat, Feb 19

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Don't miss this opportunity to learn from one of Nebraska's most accomplished poets. Kwame Dawes' teaching style is warm and accepting with a unique ability to draw out the best in his students.

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What Art Can Teach the Poet by Kwame Dawes
What Art Can Teach the Poet by Kwame Dawes

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Feb 19, 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST

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About the Event

Poets over the centuries have found value and challenge in dialoguing with the work of painters, photographers, sculptors and other artists who find expression through the physical image. It is a challenge because the poet trades in words—in the abstraction of words.  Many poets in the past didn't have access to art unless it was available in museums and other centers close to them.  Today, technology has given us access to great artwork from the past and in the present moment and from all over the world.  As Nebraska poets, there may be a great deal we can learn from the art of the Midwest which has a long tradition.  French novelist, Marcel Proust, made some provocative and helpful comments on art in his insanely long opus, A La Reserche du Temps Perdu (In Search of Lost Time): “It is only through art that we can escape from ourselves and…

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  • What Art Can Teach the Poet

    Nebraska Poetry Society is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86095120613?pwd=cUNjUjVqRE1BM2pkS2FVRk1MeExwdz09 Meeting ID: 860 9512 0613 Passcode: 158301 One tap mobile +13462487799,,86095120613#,,,,*158301# US (Houston) +16699006833,,86095120613#,,,,*158301# US (San Jose)

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