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A Unique Silence: Ekphrasis Showcase 2021

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A special screening to showcase new poems written in response to artworks at the Ulster Museum, written by students at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's and Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.

Date(s)
August 31, 2021
Location
Online
Time
19:00 - 19:30
Price
FREE
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In the Spring of 2021, students from the Seamus Heaney Centre and Trinity University in Texas were invited to write new poems in response to A Unique Silence: The Rembrandt Etchings, an online exhibition at the Ulster Museum. They met for a series of online workshops led by Dr. Stephen Sexton and Professor Jenny Browne. 

We invite you to join us for the reading and performance of these poems, which were filmed and recorded earlier this summer, as we premier them simultaneously online and in-person. The live event will be introduced by Dr. Stephen Sexton and Curator of Art Anna Liesching. 

Featuring poems by Elizabeth McIntosh, Matthew Rice, Ciara Keogh, Emily Youngerman, Logan Muzyka, Leah Taylor, Shelby Sperling, Cait Phenix, Jessie Metcalf, Maddie West, Mackenzie Cook, Ruby Walker, Liam Caldwell, Hannah Hsu, Sorcha NĂ­ Cheallaigh, and Jamie Field. 

The pamphlet is available to download from the Seamus Heaney Centre website.

This annual Ekphrasis project builds on the long history of interdisciplinary dialogue between writers and artists in Belfast. Through a series of workshops and discussions, students develop new work in response to artworks from the Ulster Museum's Collection. They have exclusive access to collection files and expertise of the curatorial team at the Ulster Museum, as well as the Seamus Heaney Centre creative writing staff. Their new work is published, and performed at special gallery tours twice a year alongside the artworks themselves.

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School of Arts, English and Languages
Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry
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