MASS MoCA Writing Through Art Poetry Retreat
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MASS MoCA (1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams MA)
Join poet, educator, and editor Jan Freeman for the Spring 2025 MASS MoCA Writing Through Art Poetry Retreat. A generative-writing experience at the MASS MoCA Artist Residency Center in the largest contemporary art museum in the U.S. New and experienced poets are welcome!
Poets from around the country and around the world form a supportive community to create dozens of new drafts and poems while experiencing the many ways that visual art opens inspiration, perception, memory, and language. The expansive 6-day writing retreat will culminate in a poetry reading at The Artist Book Foundation, located on the MASS MoCA campus in North Adams, Massachusetts.
Through daily prompts, exercises, readings, and discussions, we will explore new ways of expressing ourselves, heightening our use of metaphor and surprising details in our writing. Morning workshops take place in the galleries of MASS MoCA, the Clark Art Institute, and the Williams College Museum of Art. Afternoons are free to explore springtime in the beautiful Berkshires and to write in your own private writing studio at MASS MoCA. Or to sit beside the meditative reflecting pool at the Clark.
A one-hour private consultation focusing on your individual poems and writing goals is included. In-depth manuscript consultations can be scheduled separately for an additional fee.
Included:
Your own private writing studio at the museum, with 24/7 access.
Free admission to MASS MoCA, the Clark Art Institute, and the Williams College Museum of Art throughout the week.
Private bedroom (queen-sized bed) with shared bathroom and kitchen in the MASS MoCA 2nd and 3rd floor, 4-bedroom apartments across the street from the museum. Please note: there is no elevator access to the apartments.
Boxed lunches from Lickety Split, the museum cafe, are provided April 26–April 30.
Welcome gathering and dinner on April 25.
Free parking.
Member discounts to attend MASS MoCA evening performances that take place during the retreat.
Cost: $1,600, with limited financial assistance available.