On her latest regional tour, Charity Singleton Craig takes in the exhibit of Marie Webster at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
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Top 10 Picks at the Indianapolis Museum of Art
Here are five great reasons to love the Indianapolis Museum of Art, with 10 great art picks to bring those reasons alive.
Literary Tours: Robert Indiana at the Indianapolis Museum of Art
While oft celebrated as a meticulous Pop artist with recognizable use of color, line, and shape, Charity Singleton Craig sees Robert Indiana as a poet, novelist and memoirist.
Regional Tours: Matisse at Indianapolis Museum of Art
The work of Henri Matisse was not made to capture an impression, nor an exacting representation. His work captures the essence. Sort of like good writing.
Poet-a-Day: Meet Dheepa Maturi
What if you have no words for a layered, mysterious experience? The ghazal might be just your form. It was for Dheepa Maturi, who speaks through dance.
The Jungle Effect Book Club: How to Find an Indigenous Diet that Works for You
In this final discussion of Daphne Miller’s The Jungle Effect, Charity Singleton Craig considers the challenges and opportunities of finding your own indigenous diet options.
Want a Sense of Home, Togetherness & Creativity?—Try The Farmers Market Factor
Charity Singleton Craig wraps up her book club discussion of Farmacology exploring the ways that farmers markets and community gardening contribute to the health not only of individuals, but of entire communities.
A Story in Every Soul: Bharath Natyam Dance Step by Step
Dheepa R. Maturi shares her experience with Bharath Natyam dance and how a story by E.M. Forster stirs hope.
Take Your Poet to School: Robert Louis Stevenson
Don’t let the folks with briefcases have all the fun. Join in the brand new celebration of Take Your Poet to School Week with our fun cut ‘n color poets on a stick.
3 Ways to Improve Your Writing This Summer with Booth Tarkington
Got the summer writing blues? Charity Singleton Craig shares 3 tips inspired by Hoosier author Booth Tarkington to improve your writing this summer.
Audubon’s Birds and the Habits of Nature Writing
John James Audubon’s meticulous and detailed approach to studying birds can inspire not only the nature writer but anyone wishing to write more vividly.
The Writing Life: Paterson’s Blank Page
In the film Paterson, Charity Singleton Craig finds the routine of doing the same thing in the same place day after day forms a canvas on which to create.
Indy 500: Poets, Start Your Engines
For the “track folk who just love the smell of Ethanol” and the “parade wavers” and “hot dog chompers, ” Hoosier poet Adam Henze becomes the first official poet of the Indy 500 on its 100th run.
Indiana Poet Laureate Shari Wagner
Charity Singleton Craig meets Indiana Poet Laureate Shari Wagner and considers how to make poetry more accessible to more people.
From Delphi to Camden: James Whitcomb Riley
Charity Singleton Craig reflects on following the ghost of James Whitcomb Riley through Hoosier country.
Creativity Inside the Box: The Freedom of Constraint
Would imposing constraints help or hinder your creativity? Charity Singleton Craig explores both sides of working inside and thinking outside the box.
The Office of Poetry Grievances
Do you have a grievance to file against poetry? Charity Singleton Craig is staffing the Office of Poetry Grievances today.
How to Become a Better Writer: Write Like a Painter
Can studying the work of a visual artist teach you how to become a better writer? Charity Singleton Craig thinks so, with four paintings by Henri Matisse.
Writing Workshop: The Writing Life
A writing workshop that will go beyond the usual fare, as it helps you develop a lasting writing life.
The Poet’s Son: Ai Weiwei
Charity Singleton Craig explores Ai Weiwei’s exhibit “According to What?” pondering the question of what it is that makes something art art along the way.