Art Inspires Poetry Workshops with Gini Grossenbacher and Robin Gabbert – Session 3, Feb 4
Art Inspires Poetry!
with Gini Grossenbacher & Robin Gabbert
Transform visual art masterpieces into verse in this engaging three-part Ekphrastic Poetry workshop series! Attend one, two, or all three sessions—each features different artwork, poetry techniques, and creative inspiration.
Open to both new and experienced writers, this series invites you to spark your creativity as you explore visual works from past to present. Learn to translate imagery into words that captivate and inspire with experienced presenters Gini Grossenbacher and Robbin Gabbert, in a supportive and welcoming space.
Workshop Dates (register separately for each):
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Tuesday, January 21 – 10 am – 12 pm –– Click here to register for Jan 21
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Tuesday, January 28 – 10 am – 12 pm –– Click here to register for Jan 28
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Tuesday, February 4 – 10 am – 12 pm –– Scroll below to register
Each session requires separate registration—please select and purchase the specific date(s) you wish to attend.
Fee:
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$40 per session
Maximum: 12 participants
Gini Grossenbacher is award-winning indie author, editor, and educator with expertise in integrated arts education, historical fiction, memoir, and poetry. Founder of San Rafael Writers & Artists and JGKS Press, providing workshops, editing, coaching, and publishing services. Acclaimed for The American Madams Trilogy, Glimpses poetry collection, and forthcoming The Artistic Women Series. Skilled presenter at literary conferences and experienced teacher of writing craft.
Robin Gabbert has multiple poems in state, national, and international poetry anthologies, including the Ekphrastic Review. She is the 2025 winner of the Fran Claggett-Holland Award for her contributions to the poetry community. Her poem Invisible was a finalist in the 2024 San Francisco Writers Conference Contest, and she was long listed for the Frontier Poetry “(Not) In Love” Tanka Challenge in 2024. Her chapbook of ekphrastic poetry and art— The Clandestine Life of Paintings, in Poems was published in 2022. Her new, full-length book of poetry, Somehow, I Haven’t Drowned, has just been published (fall 2025) by Blue Light Press. See more about her at www.robingabbert.com