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Wonderful Words: Exploring Abstraction through Poetry
Posted: January 19, 2018
Category: Poetry
On Saturday, December 9, D.C.-based poet Danielle Badra led Firsthand Experience: Responsive Poetry at the museum. The day started with an exquisite corpse group activity: Using artworks as prompts, each...
An installation view of several abstract artworks hung on a gallery wall.