Write About Art with Parker Yamasaki

10AM-1PM 
Green Box Workshop, Studio 6

Parker Yamasaki, Green Box’s first Arts Journalist in Residence will provide this free workshop.  Arts writing is about so much more than putting words on paper. It is about observing, questioning and caring about something. Sometimes that “something” is the work of art in front of us — but more often, it’s not. More often, that work of art is a launching point that will guide you to a deeper understanding or a more profound question, if you just take the time to write it out. 

The class will be broken up into three sections. We’ll start with a casual group conversation about our personal encounters with art — how we’ve been impacted, what’s left great impressions on us, what has been underwhelming.   Once comfortable, we’ll start to interrogate a bit more deeply. We’ll read excerpts from a selection of arts writers and thinkers, and dissect what they’ve done to surprise, disturb or delight us as readers. We’ll talk about how they have engaged us with a piece of art, even if we’re nowhere near it.  Finally, we’ll work on some writing of our own!  

This will be an approachable class that is open to everyone, from those who casually encounter art and want to deepen the experience, to arts professionals who want to broaden their skillset. It’s also a chance for artists to learn how to enhance their communication skills outside of traditional arts spaces.