Out of the Frame: Poems on Paintings

Note that this is a change of speaker and subject since the event was first announced.

This month's guest speaker is Joe Treasure. Out of the Frame began as a lockdown project and ihis first collection of poems.

A performance of poems, richly illustrated with famous paintings. Art from six centuries is brought dramatically to life through the imagined voices of the artists and the figures in their pictures.

Hear the thoughts of a trio of disdainful goddesses, a couple of WWI veterans (one British, one German), a woman hurrying to meet her lover in 19th century Paris, the bewildered wife of a medieval Italian merchant and a modern couple falling out over a picture in a gallery.

The poem ‘Yes Paris‘, inspired by Gwen John’s portrait of Chloë Broughton-Leigh, was shortlisted in 2021 for the Bridport Poetry Prize.

The book is now available. To purchase a copy, contact Joe Treasure via the contact form on his website.