Ekphrastic poems sought for mall art exhibit


Ekphrastic poems sought for mall art exhibit

FAIRFIELD -- Poems are being sought for the current Fairfield-Suisun City Visual Arts Association exhibit, "May Flowers."

The exhibit is at the Solano Town Center Gallery, 1350 Travis Blvd., in Fairfield.

"Choose a piece of art from the show and write an ekphrastic poem for it. Poems must be 42 lines or less and sent to Fairfield Poet Laureate Emerita Suzanne Bruce at [email protected]. The deadline is 5 p.m. June 18.

An ekphrastic poem is a vivid description of a scene or, more commonly, a work of art.

Put the name of the art and artist on the poem and attach to the email in a Word doc. The art reception and poetry reading will be from 3 to 6 p.m. June 21.

For more information, send an email to Bruce. The exhibit, which opened Wednesday, runs through July 5.

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