Art & Flash - monthly ekphrastic writing workshops

20th May 2024 1:00am to 16th December 2024 12:00am, Online

Monthly online generative writing workshops exploring contemporary artworks for story inspiration. 

Each month, in these friendly, fast-paced workshops, you'll be introduced to the work of a different contemporary artist and three to four of their artworks. Each artwork comes with an optional writing prompt inspired by the piece, along with a ten-minute writing sprint. 

There is an invitation to share your ideas or what you have written if you would like to.

Speaker profiles
Anika Carpenter

Anika Carpenter is a flash fiction author, workshop facilitator and artist with a background in the Fine Arts. Her fiction has been shortlisted for the Bath Flash Fiction Award and the Bridport Prize and has been published in numerous anthologies. You can find her stories at Gone Lawn, Ellipsis Zine, The Molotov Cocktail, Janus Literary and many more.

Anika received a Fine Art MA (distinction) with a Postgraduate Certificate in Education from Kingston University in 2010. She spent ten years working as an assistant to Turner Prize winning artists. Anika's own artwork has been exhibited at Towner Gallery and featured in numerous group exhibitions. She is the co-founder of Accident & Emergence (currently on hiatus) an artist-led project that has organised collaborations, exhibitions and retreats. 

Booking & payment

Please visit The Flash Cabin's website to book.

Tickets are £10 each.

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