Ekphrastic Poetry with Dawn Leas
2026 Winter Wellness Workshops for Adults
Ekphrastic Poetry with Dawn Leas
2026 Winter Wellness Workshops for Adults
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DateMarch 18, 2026
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Event Starts6:00 PM
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VenueBethel Woods Center for the Arts
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Doors Open6:00 PM Doors
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Ticket Prices$18 / $16.20 (Member Discount)
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On SaleOn Sale Now
Event Details
Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop: Finding Inspiration in the Museum
Step into the Museum at Bethel Woods and let art, music, and history spark your creativity. In this engaging workshop, participants will explore the museum’s immersive exhibits and use them as inspiration for writing ekphrastic poetry, which is poetry written in response to visual art or artifacts. Guided by a teaching artist, you’ll learn techniques for observation, reflection, and poetic expression while connecting deeply with the stories and emotions behind the art of the 1960s. No prior poetry experience is needed, just an open mind and a willingness to be inspired by the creative spirit that lives on at Bethel Woods.
Winter Wellness at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts: Embracing themes of new beginnings, self-care, and overall health and wellness, the classes offer a diverse range of experiences. From expressive arts activities that ignite a creative flow to gentle mind-body practices like yoga and sound healing that warm both the body and spirit. Facilitated by a rotation of guest artists and wellness practitioners from the local area, these classes offer a holistic approach to well-being.
About Dawn Leas
Dawn Leas is the author of The Sin of Being Okay (Kinsman Avenue Publishing, November 2025), A Person Worth Knowing (Foothills Publishing), Take Something When You Go (Winter Goose Publishing), and I Know When to Keep Quiet, (Finishing Line Press). Her poetry has appeared in Verse-Virtual, Redheaded Stepchild, New York Quarterly, The Paterson Literary Review, Literary Mama, The Pedestal Magazine, SWWIM, and elsewhere. She’s a writing coach, teaching artist, and the assistant director of the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University. She’s also a proud back-of-the pack runner, hiker, salt-water lover, and mom of two grown sons.