Convergence Research: Follow Along - Ekphrasic Writing Workshop with Josie Mitchell

In this video, Josie Mitchell, the Mitchell Center's 2021-22 Scholar in Residence, will lead you through ekphrastic writing exercises in response to exhibitions at the Blaffer Art Museum. While ekphrastic writing traditionally responds to artwork with poetry, this session encourages hybrid forms; feel free to respond to the artwork of Molly Zuckerman-Hartung in this video, to works in the Blaffer Art Museum's publication (link below) or to any art, nature or inspiration in your life. This workshop welcomes all writing and comfort levels. Please bring your own paper and pencil or device; documents, art details and other links noted in the video are listed below.
Josie Mitchell’s work centers on the Anthropocene, (post) apocalyptic genres and how such catastrophic disaster reveals something raw and powerful about the relationship between the landscape, people and communities. The undercurrent of Josie’s work is collaboration, and she believes through the lens of the Anthropocene, collaboration takes on a new dimension.
Convergence Research is a new, ongoing platform for interdisciplinary research, experimentation, improvisation and performance at the @Blaffer Art Museum. @University of Houston students and faculty from across the disciplines-and beyond the arts-meet to discuss and present projects in a state of becoming. All are welcome to attend, observe and join the conversation.
Learn more about Convergence Research: h6n.short.gy/G...
Co-presented by the Blaffer Art Museum and the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.
Video Credit: @Reema
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Documents and Art Details
- Ekphrastic Writing Packet: h6n.short.gy/D...
- Writing Prompts from the live workshop (note, only Molly Zuckerman-Hartung: Comic Relief is shown in this video): h6n.short.gy/o...
- Publication of Molly Zuckerman-Hartung: Comic Relief courtesy of Blaffer Art Museum: h6n.short.gy/1...
- Image Captions (in order of appearance) for Molly Zuckerman-Hartung: Comic Relief, by Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, October 31, 2021-March 13, 2022:
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Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Comic Relief, 2016.
Gloved appendages, acrylic on
canvas. 80 × 65 × 4 inches (203.2 × 165.1 × 10.2 cm). Courtesy of the artist, Corbett
vs. Dempsey, and Rachel Uffner Gallery.
201731-MZH_EstherJones
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Florence (Winfrey) Mills-Baby Esther-Helen Kane (On the
etymology of female impersonators), 2015. Fuzzy blanket, dye, oil, and latex and
sewn canvas. 96 × 96 inches (238.8 × 238.8 cm). Courtesy of the artist, Corbett vs.
Dempsey, and Rachel Uffner Gallery.
12645-ZuckermanHartung-Lurch
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Lurch, 2009-14.
Acrylic, oil, enamel, spray paint on sewn
T-shirts, coat liner, wool, canvas, and drop cloth. 112 × 69 inches (284.5 × 175.3 cm).
Courtesy of the artist, Corbett vs. Dempsey, and Rachel Uffner Gallery.
11904-MZH-Notley
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Notley, 2013.
Latex housepaint, enamel, and spray paint
on drop cloth. 96 × 132 inches (243.8 × 335.3 cm). Courtesy of the artist, Corbett vs.
Dempsey, and Rachel Uffner Gallery.
26233-MZH-Untitled_RCH_EK
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Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, History Painting for the New Queer Subject, 2016.
Dye,
acrylic, enamel, paper, ink, rope, wood, and mixed media on canvas. 80 × 65 inches
(203.2 × 165.1 cm). Courtesy of the artist, Corbett vs. Dempsey, and Rachel Uffner
Gallery.
7267-MZH-Extending
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Extending, 2009-11.
Oil, shells, tile grout, latex, and
collage on canvas. 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm). Courtesy of the artist, Corbett vs.
Dempsey, and Rachel Uffner Gallery.