Writing Workshop Inspired by James Baldwin

Celebrate James Baldwin’s 100th birthday with the Portrait Gallery! The workshop will include reading and discussion of Baldwin’s writing and close looking at portraits. Using guided writing prompts, we will explore themes of social justice, sexuality, race, identity and resistance. This writing workshop accompanies the exhibition, “This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance.”

Open to writers of all levels and genres, ages 18 and up.

The Portrait Gallery strives to provide programs that are accessible to all visitors. If you have questions about the accessibility of this program, or if you would like to request real-time captioning (CART), sign language interpretation, or any other accommodations, please contact [email protected]. Two weeks' advance notice is appreciated for requesting accommodations.

Image Credit:James Baldwin by Beauford Delaney, pastel on paper, 1963. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © Estate of Beauford Delaney by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire, Court Appointed Administrator; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York

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