Join us on Thursday, July, 16th, 2026 at 7 PM Eastern Time for a workshop with poet Christina Olivares! This workshop is held in partnership with Strathmore.
Poets witness and then transform what they witness in writing. Beholding, a kind of witnessing, draws attention to what is remarkable or adored. In this generative workshop, we'll experiment with two approaches to writing what we behold--through odes and ekphrasis--to draw ourselves close to what draws us in.
This workshop will be recorded and a link to the recorded version is available for registered participants only. The recorded version is edited for participant privacy and focuses on the instructor’s lessons. Our partners at Strathmore want these workshops to be as accessible as possible, so they are priced as “pay what you can.” You will be prompted to enter an amount of your choice when you register. (If you are registering for free, please enter $0.) If you are able to pay for these workshops, every dollar goes to support Strathmore’s education programs.
NOTE: This is a fully online event. When you register, your ticket email from tickets@strathmore.org will include a seat number but remember that this is a virtual-only experience. The workshop takes place on Zoom, and you’ll receive the access link via email from strathmore@strathmore.org at approximately 4 PM Eastern Time on the day of the event. Click to view samples of the ticket email and the zoom link email for Strathmore events.
About the Facilitator
Christina Olivares is the author of Future Botanic (Get Fresh Books) and No Map of the Earth Includes Stars (winner of the Marsh Hawk Press Book Prize). Her recent work has been published by the Academy of American Poets, BOMB Magazine, and Lambda Literary and shown at Lincoln Center: Working Intersections. Olivares earned a PhD from Teachers College at Columbia University. Her research explores how identity, self-actualization, and freedom in the now can be expressed through writing and imagining. Find Christina on Instagram.
