Corn, Crow, Butterfly
Crafting Images that Resonate in Prose and Poetry
Corn, crows, and butterflies—among many other images—emanate diverse meanings within Chiara Rose Skabelund’s mixed-media art installation, “Searching for Refugia.” In this workshop, we’ll take investigate the many ways in which imagery in art can inform imagery in writing. What are the multiple meanings of the images in Skabelund’s work? And as they relate, in particular, to themes of sanctuary, migration, transformation, and resilience? How can we research and unpack multiple meanings when using images in our writing, to create work that resonates in readers’ minds and hearts? Let’s explore!
Camille LeFevre, B.A., M.A., lives on the unceded ancestral lands of the Hisatsinom (Hopi), Yavapai, and Apache in Northern Arizona. Her essay, “Body Topography,” published in The Dodge, was nominated for Best American Nature Writing and Best American Essays. Her work also appears in Hydration, Metphrastic, Fugue, Unleash Lit, The Winged Moon, Electric Lit, Brevity Blog, Bridge Eight, Thin Air, and The Ekphrastic Review. She teaches arts writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, and writing workshops in art galleries. She’s an August artist-in-residence at Dorland Mountain Arts, and will be an artist-in-residence at Wupatki in Fall 2025.