Welcome to
Verse/Visual 2023
August 11-13
EBSCO Hall
Ipswich, MA
Get excited! Verse/Visual is coming soon!
Verse/Visual 2023 will be on display from August 11th to 13th at EBSCO Hall, 5 Peatfield Street, Ipswich. We'll have events happening throughout the weekend, in addition to the gallery being open, so come by!
Calendar of Events
Friday, August 11th
Opening Reception
7:00 P.M
Saturday, August 12th
Gallery Open
10:00 A.M - 5:00 P.M
Pop-up events
throughout the day
Sunday, August 13th
Gallery Open
11:00 A.M - 4:00 P.M
Open Mic Brunch
11:00 A.M - 1:00 P.M
This brunch will collect donations benefitting student and emerging artist programming. If you would like to perform, please sign up at the link below. Poetry, spoken word, dance, music, short play? Bring it on! Slots will be limited due to time, and we’ll need to see what you’re presenting before the event.
Interested in helping us make this show a success?
Volunteers make VERSE/VISUAL everything it is. We have a great team, but we can’t do it alone. We need you. Every little bit helps!
Click the link below to sign up!
LEARN MORE ABOUT VERSE/VISUAL
Verse/Visual is back for its fifth year in Ipswich.
This project is a visual and verbal creative conversation between Ipswich’s artists and writers. It was inspired by a series of visual essays done by the New York Times in 2017.
The 2023 event will display August 11-13, in downtown Ipswich, with an opening reception on August 11th and other events throughout the weekend.
HOW DOES VERSE/VISUAL WORK?
In order to be considered for this year’s show, artists and writers must submit 2-5 pieces of original work done in the past 3 years. From those submissions, jurors will select participants and one piece to be given to a creator of the opposite discipline. These “seed works” serve as the inspiration for new pieces to be developed by the participants.
FOR EXAMPLE:
An interested photographer submits 2 of their favorite photographs from among their recent work. On the strength of their submission, they are accepted into the show. One of their submitted pieces will be given to an accepted poet, who will be asked to create a poem in response. That same photographer will receive a piece of prose from an accepted writer’s submission and will be asked to create a new piece of art in response.
THEN WHAT?
All of the collaborations will be displayed together in downtown Ipswich, with an opening reception to be held in the first weekend of the show. As in years past, writers and artists will not know whose work they are responding to until the opening reception in order to create a genuinely personal response.
“I am so grateful to have been a part of VERSE/VISUAL. The poem is beautiful and I loved the journey I took as a participating photographer. Everyone was so supportive and I am so proud of what we’ve accomplished. Can’t wait for the next time!”
– Kate, a 2021 VERSE/VISUAL participant.
VERSE/VISUAL thanks EBSCO for their essential part in the 2023 show.