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Words and Images: Theory and Writing Workshop [ONLINE]
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale options are available in the drop-down menu. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal or Klarna at check out.
Instructor: Lindsey Andrews | 5-weeks | Thursdays | April 9-May 7 | 7:00-9:00 PM ET | ONLINE
Do you have a story to tell, but feel like words alone aren’t enough? What can words and images do together? In this class we’ll study key theories about the relationship between words and images–from word art to image captions to illuminated manuscripts–and engage in our own visual-verbal experiments to tell personal, political, and even fantastical stories.
We’ll study examples of writers’ powerful word-image compositions, including Mary Ferrar’s early modern cut-up “harmonies”(1620s), Walt Whitman’s collage poetry (1850s), and Claudia Rankine’s lyrical parataxis (2000s). We’ll also engage with twentieth and twenty-first century artists such as René Magritte, Glenn Ligon, and Jenny Holzer who discover new forms of representation by bringing words into their visual imagery. We’ll look at theorists like W.J.T. Mitchell, who investigates seemingly self-evident questions, such as, “What are images? And how are they different from words?”
Along the way, we’ll ask if we need both images and language to create meaning, and we’ll track the cultural turn in contemporary media away from the dominance of language toward the dominance of images. This will require us to ask some less obvious, but no less important questions, such as: Does writing have a gender? Or, are images raced? In this course, you’ll learn about techniques like ekphrasis, cut-ups, and parataxis, and you’ll create writing-with-images that experiment with the conventions and new possibilities of visual-verbal composition. This class will be a mix of seminar and writing workshop, and you’ll be invited to share your creations with other class participants.
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SLIDING SCALE TUITION
Full tuition is the cost per-student of running the class. If you choose a tier below full tuition, you are receiving a discount. If you choose to make a donation in addition to full tuition, you are helping to cover the cost for students who are not able to pay the full amount.
The mid-level tier is a discounted rate for people whose household income is at or above living wage but who have limited discretionary income.
The low-level tier and the full-scholarship tier are for people whose household income is below living wage or who need extra assistance to meet their needs.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Through our fundraising efforts, we are able to offer three full scholarships per class. The full-scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering. Each student may only take one full-scholarship class at a time. Because our scholarship funding is limited, if a student selects multiple overlapping classes at the full-scholarship level, they will be disenrolled from all classes. Scholarships are not available for asynchronous enrollment.
All sliding-scale and scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
RECORDINGS
Recordings will be provided for asynchronous students. Enrolled students who miss class sessions may request to receive a maximum of two recordings to make-up missed sessions.
ASYNCHRONOUS ENROLLMENT
Classes are discussion-based and designed to be taken synchronously. However, we do offer an asynchronous enrollment option for most online classes if you need to follow along at your own pace. Recordings are only available to students who enroll to take the course asynchronously. We are not able to offer scholarships for asynchronous enrollment.
Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans, refund policy, and sick and inclement weather policy.
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale options are available in the drop-down menu. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal or Klarna at check out.
Instructor: Lindsey Andrews | 5-weeks | Thursdays | April 9-May 7 | 7:00-9:00 PM ET | ONLINE
Do you have a story to tell, but feel like words alone aren’t enough? What can words and images do together? In this class we’ll study key theories about the relationship between words and images–from word art to image captions to illuminated manuscripts–and engage in our own visual-verbal experiments to tell personal, political, and even fantastical stories.
We’ll study examples of writers’ powerful word-image compositions, including Mary Ferrar’s early modern cut-up “harmonies”(1620s), Walt Whitman’s collage poetry (1850s), and Claudia Rankine’s lyrical parataxis (2000s). We’ll also engage with twentieth and twenty-first century artists such as René Magritte, Glenn Ligon, and Jenny Holzer who discover new forms of representation by bringing words into their visual imagery. We’ll look at theorists like W.J.T. Mitchell, who investigates seemingly self-evident questions, such as, “What are images? And how are they different from words?”
Along the way, we’ll ask if we need both images and language to create meaning, and we’ll track the cultural turn in contemporary media away from the dominance of language toward the dominance of images. This will require us to ask some less obvious, but no less important questions, such as: Does writing have a gender? Or, are images raced? In this course, you’ll learn about techniques like ekphrasis, cut-ups, and parataxis, and you’ll create writing-with-images that experiment with the conventions and new possibilities of visual-verbal composition. This class will be a mix of seminar and writing workshop, and you’ll be invited to share your creations with other class participants.
—
SLIDING SCALE TUITION
Full tuition is the cost per-student of running the class. If you choose a tier below full tuition, you are receiving a discount. If you choose to make a donation in addition to full tuition, you are helping to cover the cost for students who are not able to pay the full amount.
The mid-level tier is a discounted rate for people whose household income is at or above living wage but who have limited discretionary income.
The low-level tier and the full-scholarship tier are for people whose household income is below living wage or who need extra assistance to meet their needs.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Through our fundraising efforts, we are able to offer three full scholarships per class. The full-scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering. Each student may only take one full-scholarship class at a time. Because our scholarship funding is limited, if a student selects multiple overlapping classes at the full-scholarship level, they will be disenrolled from all classes. Scholarships are not available for asynchronous enrollment.
All sliding-scale and scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
RECORDINGS
Recordings will be provided for asynchronous students. Enrolled students who miss class sessions may request to receive a maximum of two recordings to make-up missed sessions.
ASYNCHRONOUS ENROLLMENT
Classes are discussion-based and designed to be taken synchronously. However, we do offer an asynchronous enrollment option for most online classes if you need to follow along at your own pace. Recordings are only available to students who enroll to take the course asynchronously. We are not able to offer scholarships for asynchronous enrollment.
Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans, refund policy, and sick and inclement weather policy.