Visual Artists + Writers = Ekphrasis IX 2020! For the ninth year, the Artists’ Co-op of Mendocino has collaborated with the Writers of the Mendocino Coast culminating in a variety of exhibitions and presentations.

This year’s Ekphrasis, a Greek word meaning “art inspiring other art”, involved twenty pairs of writers and visual artists. For ten of them, visual artists responded to writings: for the other ten, writers responded to visual art. The participants were paired randomly and anonymously with identities withheld until the exhibitions.

Accommodating advisories for CoVid19, this year’s public events do not include large group gatherings. Instead we are celebrating with:

(1) the Ekphrasis IX Virtual Exhibition featuring all participants, installed Oct. 1st and accessible indefinitely on the Co-op website; (2) an October display by Co-op members of representative Ekphrasis Art, Oct. 7 – Nov. 2, at the Artists/ Co-op Gallery; and (3) public readings by Writers of Mendocino Coast in a Zoom meeting October 18 (3PM third Sunday).

The readings by the Ekphrasis authors will be accompanied by a slide show of the associated art. The public is invited. Go to WritersMendocinoCoast.org for information on registering for this Zoom meeting.

For the Ekphrasis Virtual Exhibition, go to www.artcoopmendocino.com/ekphrais or go to the Co-op website.

The Artists’ Co-op Gallery, open daily 11-4, is located at Kasten x Albion Sts,  Mendocino. 937-2217. We hope you enjoy one or all of these opportunities to engage in the Ekphrasis experience.