"Expressions: Art & Verse 2024"

EXPRESSIONS:
ART & VERSE 2024

The Addison Center for the Arts was pleased to announce "Expressions: Art & Verse 2024" , our fourth collaboration between Illinois artists and the Illinois State Poetry Society. In February, the ACA hosted the program in which ISPS poets recited ekphrastic poems they’d written about pieces of art. It was an enriching melding of two art forms — poetry and visual art.

The art exhibit opened Friday, February 23, 2024 and continued through March 23, 2024. Participating artists displayed original artworks that had inspired a poem by an ISPS poet. ISPS poets juried the prospective artists by choosing their favorite from the candidates’ entry images.

The reception was on Saturday, February 24, 2024, from 1 to 4 pm. During this event, the public was invited to enjoy the art exhibit in the gallery and then attend the poetry recital by members of the ISPS in the adjacent studio theater.

In the photo: the members of the Illinois State Poetry Society at the "Expressions: Art & Verse 2024" reception.