The 20x20 2011
The Jackpine Writers’ Bloc and The Blank Canvas Gallery and Education Center are proud to offer the 2011 20 x 20 Art & Words Exhibit. Twenty artists were asked to submit artwork. Twenty writers agreed to have their names randomly paired with one of the artists. The writers were given a time-frame to visit and view the artwork and then react by poetry or prose with thoughts inspired by the art. It’s a pleasure to see how combining the inspiration of visual artists with artists of the written word has produced the enjoyable and thought provoking work that follows.
The 20x20 2011 was a great success and a book was published to capture the collection (click here for purchasing information). After a wonderful reception where all of our participants were able to meet and read.
The 20x20
The 20x20 is a collection or witers and artists that were brought together by the Jackpine Writers' Bloc. We chose twenty artists and they submitted twenty works and were matched up randomly with twenty writers. The writers were given a certain length of time to write a piece inspired by the artwork they were paired with. With all writings complete, the collection was called the 20x20 and hung for several weeks in a coffee shop on main street of Park Rapids.
The 20x20 was a great success and a book was published to capture the collection (click here for purchasing information). After a wonderful reception where all of our participants were able to meet and some to read it was decided that the JWB would plan to one day do another 20x20.
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