2.28.2026
Inspired by:
Richard Hunt, “Drawing in Spaces (Window)”, 1984.
Sites of Encounter:
An Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop
was organized by Amanda Morgan, Associate Curator at ICA Miami, Simone Zapata, 2025 Emerging Writer Poetry Fellow for Miami Book Fair, and Molly Spenswol, Program Coordinator at Miami Book Fair.
The workshop took place Saturday, February 28th, 2026 with participants writing across four exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.
The zine the poems are published in was designed by Ingrid Schindall of Shared Printmaking Facilities in Miami. The printing was completed by Sofia Metcalf and Niko Devera of Shared Printmaking Facilities on a Risograph GR3770 in a limited edition of 100.
Introduction:
Derived from the Greek word for “description,” ekphrasis is the practice of writing poetry inspired by visual art. For this workshop at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, we approached ekphrasis not as a writing about artwork, but as writing to, from and with the work itself. Through a series of guided prompts and generative writing sessions, participants engaged with the exhibitions of painters Andreas Schulze, and Joyce Pensato, ceramicist Masaomi Yasunaga and sculptor Richard Hunt, experimenting with a range of ekphrastic approaches.
When we linger with an artwork for long enough, what new meanings form in the space between image and language? This culminating zine features the poetry of twelve writers united by a shared curiousity about what emerges when we inhabit, challenge and correspond with visual art.
-Simone Zapata, workshop facilitator and 2025 Emerging Writer Poetry Fellow for Miami Book Fair at Miami Dade College