WHAT'S TROUBLING ME: CREATIVE EXPLORATION THROUGH WORD AND IMAGE
Ages 16-29
Winter 2023, Johns Hopkins Homewood
Art has the capacity to transform the things that plague us. We each have a treasure chest of mishaps, heartbreaks, disappointments, political passions, and irritating siblings to explore. In this writing and photography workshop, student fellows will mine their challenging experiences to make art. In group discussion, they’ll analyze images and poems by accomplished artists, and share their own personal stories and perspectives, zeroing in on what’s troubling them and how it can become subject matter. They’ll be given weekly prompts to guide and inspire image-making and writing, and they’ll be encouraged to go outside their normal boundaries and develop their practice, combining conscious technique and spontaneity to express themselves. They’ll share and critique work in a collaborative, supportive space, creating individual portfolios that reflect their confrontations with and mastery of whatever’s in their hearts and imaginations, whatever’s on their minds. Their work will be shared through a public exhibition and on the program website. Limited to 10 student fellows.
Karen Fish received a BFA in photography from Arcadia University and a Masters from the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars. She has published three books of poetry, and her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The American Poetry Review, Poetry, and elsewhere. She teaches at Loyola University.
Annette Porter is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and co-founder of Nylon Films, an international production company that produces content for corporate, broadcast, and cinematic audiences. Comfortable with her camera in a corporate boardroom or on a high altitude trail in Chile, she produces, directs, and shoots both stills and moving images.
Evelyn Tang is currently a student at Johns Hopkins University, majoring in film and media studies and economics. She believes in the power of media to communicate with the world.
