Ekphrastic Poetry with Armand Ruffo

Ekphrastic Poetry with Armand Ruffo

Prices: $25 member | $35 non-member | $25 Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop

Date: Saturday September 14, 2024

Time: 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Let’s get ekphrastic! An ekphrastic poem is a vivid and near-immediate description of a work of art. Participate in an ekphrastic writing workshop led by Armand Garnet Ruffo, one of Canada’s most celebrated names in the world of poetry, art and Woodland style. As the author of The Thunderbird Poems (2015), Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing Into Thunderbird (2018), and the newly-released The Dialogues: The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow (2024), Ruffo guides participants through experiences of encountering art in a new way.

Bring your own journal or use the materials provided.

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Artist Bio

Armand Garnet Ruffo was born in Chapleau, Ontario and is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) scholar, filmmaker, writer, and poet. A Queen’s University National Scholar in Indigenous Literature, Ruffo’s award-winning works include plays, films, and books of prose and poetry. His work is inventive and multidisciplinary, and his approach is a subtle, personal and deeply informed expression of Indigenous culture. His collection, The Thunderbird Poems (2015), was inspired by the art of Norval Morisseau. A new book of poetry, The Dialogues: the Song of Francis Pegahmagabow was published in 2024. Ruffo lives and works in Kingston, Ontario.