Portrait Poetry - Workshop for Adults
Sat, May 30
|Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
Held in collaboration with the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley!
Time & Location
May 30, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, 901 Amherst St, Winchester, VA 22601, USA
About the Event
Calling all poets! Join writer and poet Tamara J. Madison, artist-in-residence at Peter Bullough Foundation, for this special writing workshop. Participants will explore the characters, landscapes, and environments captured in the MSV exhibition Arnold Newman: Masterclass, then engage in poetry exercises connecting with people of the past through images. Attendees are also invited to bring photographs of their own ancestors to inspire their writing. Ages 18 and older. This event is held in partnership with the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley at their location on Amherst Street; please purchase tickets to attend on their website!
Our 2025-2026 season of events is graciously sponsored by the Marion Park Lewis Foundation for the Arts.
About the Artist
Tamara J. Madison is a writer, poet, performer, editor, and educator whose work explores ancestry, resistance, and ritual. Her poetry collection Threed, This Road Not Damascus was shortlisted for the Willow Books Literature Award. She is the creator of BREAKDOWN: The Poet & The Poems, a YouTube series that promotes poetry as a source of everyday inspiration. A Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, Madison has performed on TEDx stages and holds fellowships from Hedgebrook, Anaphora Arts, and Ucross. She is currently completing a new poetry collection rooted in five generations of her family history.