Your artistic description will be published in the Scholars Day program, and it should be submitted in final, publishable form. It will also be used in the selection process.
Writing an artistic description
Goal: An artistic description provides a short but clear statement of your intended performance. It should, in about three sentences (no more than 75 words), tell your audience about the piece that you will sing, perform or read.
Best practices: A well crafted description will serve as a brief preview and introduction to your performance. Comment on the hoped for effect on your audience. Remember that the artistic description is short!!!
Example of a completed artistic description:
My poetry is written in free verse and combines Greek myth with environmental issues, commenting particularly on the problem of climate change in the 21st century. The voice of the persona in the poems is the wise fool. The title of the poems are “Water,” “Ozone Dreams,” “Frigid Dejections,” and “Air Pollution Ballads.” My purpose is to create an ambivalent identification between the audience and the persona and to heighten the sense of the absurd. [74 words]
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