Artsmith Founder Jill McCabe Johnson Gives Workshop: Making Metaphor

Saturday, June 14, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Public Library: Registration by June 5 required

Metaphors transform our writing and our thinking. They can enlighten us with new perspectives. They have the power to change the world. In this one-day workshop, we will play with objects and ideas in exercises designed to infuse your writing with fresh and surprising metaphors. Participants will learn new writing techniques and come away with several first drafts.

Please register by June 5th at the library for this free workshop. The workshop is sponsored by the Friends of the Orcas Island Public Library.

Biography:
Jill McCabe Johnson’s poetry collection, Diary of the One Swelling Sea, received a 2014 Nautilus Silver Award, and is the basis for an exhibit of art, music, and poetry, currently showing at the Berman Museum in Pennsylvania. She is series editor for the anthologies Becoming: What Makes a Woman and Being: What Makes a Man. Jill was awarded the Louise Van Sickle Fellowship in Poetry from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she earned her Ph.D. in English. She also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Pacific Lutheran University. She is founding director of Artsmith, providing artist residencies, workshops, and a reading series here on Orcas Island.