Poetry From Artwork with Omar Musa

Omar Musa

Poetry From Artwork with Omar Musa

Omar Musa

5:30pm

Friday, September 23, 2022

The Humber School for Writers returns to the Festival with a series of daily professional writing masterclasses led by its renowned faculty members and special guests. Each 90-minute class will focus on a specific aspect of writing craft. Sign up for one or attend them all! All writing levels are welcome. Explore how to reverse-engineer a poem from an image or work of art, with poet and artist Omar Musa. Musa will demonstrate by presenting his work, which combines poetry and woodcut prints, including recent work from his poetry collection Killernova. Participants will then have the chance to practice these techniques by through poem-writing exercises based on artworks.

Ticket Info:
Date & Time: September 23 at 5:30pm ET
Where: Main Loft in Harbourfront Centre
Duration: 90 minutes
Ticket price: $53

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The Humber School for Writers returns to the Festival with a series of daily professional writing masterclasses led by its renowned faculty members and special guests. Each 90-minute class will focus on a specific aspect of writing craft. Sign up for one or attend them all! All writing levels are welcome. Explore how to reverse-engineer a poem from an image or work of art, with poet and artist Omar Musa. Musa will demonstrate by presenting his work, which combines poetry and woodcut prints, including recent work from his poetry collection Killernova. Participants will then have the chance to practice these techniques by through poem-writing exercises based on artworks.

Ticket Info:
Date & Time: September 23 at 5:30pm ET
Where: Main Loft in Harbourfront Centre
Duration: 90 minutes
Ticket price: $53

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Featured Authors

Omar Musa is a Bornean-Australian author, rapper and poet from Queanbeyan, Australia. He has released four poetry books (including Killernova), four hip-hop records, and received a standing ovation at TEDx Sydney at the Sydney Opera House. His debut novel Here Come the Dogs was long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award and Miles Franklin Award and he was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Young Novelists of the Year in 2015. His one-man play, Since Ali Died, won Best Cabaret Show at the Sydney Theatre Awards in 2018. He has had several solo exhibitions of his woodcut prints.

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5:30pm

Friday, September 23

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