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Ekphrastic Workshops & Reading at the McDonough Museum of Art

The McDonough Museum and Lit Youngstown will host two ekphrastic (art-from-art) writing workshops and a reading by workshop participants....

Feb 11, 20201 min read

Thank you to all: artists, writers, supporters, volunteers, the Soap Gallery, the Ohio Arts Council. Special appreciation to photographer...

Feb 10, 20183 min read

Words Made Visible is Lit Youngstown’s literary-visual art collaboration. In blind judgings, poems and prose by Ohio-affiliated writers...

Jan 19, 20181 min read

With the announcement of our Ohio Arts Council grant, seems like a good time for an update on the Words Made Visible project. But first,...

Jul 22, 20172 min read

In conjunction with the 35th Annual Women Artists Show, Lit Youngstown will present a reading featuring ekphrasis, or poems and stories...

Jun 22, 20171 min read

Ekphrasis is a literary art made after a visual art; for example, a poem inspired by a photograph. Join Nin Andrews and Karen Schubert...

Jan 20, 20161 min read

“Disco” was inspired by a print in “Prayer Series” by University of Akron faculty artist Hui-Chu Ying (the top image here). Dianne wrote...

Jul 5, 20153 min read

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