“Poetry in the Picture” workshop with guest instructor Alexis Almeida

Poetry in the Picture is a free, public, poetry workshop series that takes place in the NYPL Picture Collection. Each session is led by a different poetry instructor, co-hosted by librarians who introduce the Collection. The workshop is open to all, for beginners and those with writing experience! In this workshop, we will think about portraiture through the images in the NYPL Picture Collection. What is a portrait? How do we encounter the narratives inside them, their omitted parts, and their m