ACW's Elements Art Exhibit and Collaboration with The Room to Write


The Arts Collaborative of Wakefield and The Room to Write teamed up again for ACW's October Art Exhibit & Sale which took place at the Albion Cultural Exchange in Wakefield. The theme was Elements: Earth, Water, Air, Fire. 


A collaboration exhibit between artists and writers paired a short piece of writing or poem with original art. Ten artists and writers were featured and several of the writers read their featured pieces aloud at the closing reception on October 25th. 

Special thanks to TRtW board member and participating writer, Kerri Bonner Leonard, for being the MC of the readings and book raffle. The ten writers' and artists' paired work will be spotlighted in TRtW's North of Boston Writers Blog in the coming months. 

Thank you to the ten writers who took part in this wonderful exhibit: PJ Carmichael, 
Sally Chetwynd, Jennifer Revill, Susan Jepson, Cate Daniels, Kerri Leonard, Ariane Faro, Elayne Neal, Barb Bodengraven, and Colleen Getty.


We are grateful to author A.J. Smith, who was our featured author for our Family-friendly Storytime Art Hour on Thursday, October 24th. He also donated several books, including his daughter's collection of poems, My Crazy Pizza, to be raffled off at the closing reception.














To learn about the April 2024 exhibit and see photos click here!

We are so grateful to the Arts Collaborative of Wakefield for inviting
The Room to Write to collaborate! Each of the paired pieces of art and writing will be featured in TRtW's North of Boston Writers Network Blog.


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