{"id":10978,"date":"2024-01-25T10:41:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T10:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=10978"},"modified":"2024-01-25T10:41:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T10:41:24","slug":"toledo-museum-of-art-tma-annual-poetry-contest-connects-creativity-and-artistic-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/25\/toledo-museum-of-art-tma-annual-poetry-contest-connects-creativity-and-artistic-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) Annual Poetry Contest Connects Creativity and Artistic Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>\u201cDiscover, Inspire, Create: TMA Poetry Prize\u201d accepts entries, Jan. 22-March 22.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Starting this week, the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) will accept entries for its annual poetry contest that invites youth and adults to draw inspiration from 12 objects in the museum\u2019s rich collection of artworks. The contest closes on March 22.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Discover, Inspire, Create: TMA Poetry Prize\u2019 aims to foster a connection between visual art and the written word, encouraging participants to explore their creativity and express emotions through poetry,\u201d said Doreen Cutway, senior public relations manager, Toledo Museum of Art.<\/p>\n<p>Middle and high school teachers can request docent-guided tours that include a poetry writing activity for their classes and encourage their students to submit their resulting poems to the contest. Adults can register for a writing workshop with Lucas County Poet Laureate Jonie McIntire on Feb. 3 or March 16.<\/p>\n<p>Contest Categories<\/p>\n<p>* \u00a0 Youth: 11-17 years old.<br \/>\n* \u00a0 Adults: 18 years and older.<\/p>\n<p>Awards<br \/>\nWinners in the youth and adult categories will receive:<\/p>\n<p>* \u00a0 First prize: $200 and one-year Toledo Museum of Art membership.<br \/>\n* \u00a0 Second prize: $100.<br \/>\n* \u00a0 Third prize: $75.<br \/>\n* \u00a0 Honorable mention: $25<\/p>\n<p>Judging<br \/>\nA panel of three poets will review and rank each entry based on originality, form, language, grammatical skill and the creative interpretation or reflection of the writing. Judges include:<\/p>\n<p>* \u00a0 Ryan Bunch.<br \/>\n* \u00a0 Hedyeh Elahinia.<br \/>\n* \u00a0 Dustin Pearson.<\/p>\n<p>Important Dates<\/p>\n<p>* \u00a0 Jan. 22: Contest opens.<br \/>\n* \u00a0 March 22: Contest closes.<br \/>\n* \u00a0 April 17: Winners notified.<br \/>\n* \u00a0 April 27: Awards ceremony and reception.<\/p>\n<p>For complete details about contest requirements, submission guidelines, list of eligible artworks and adult workshops with Poet Laureate McIntire, please visit: toledomuseum.org\/learn\/poetry-competition&lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/toledomuseum.org\/learn\/poetry-competition\">https:\/\/toledomuseum.org\/learn\/poetry-competition<\/a>&gt;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDiscover, Inspire, Create: TMA Poetry Prize\u201d accepts entries, Jan. 22-March 22. Starting this week, the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) will accept entries for its annual poetry contest that invites youth and adults to draw inspiration from 12 objects in the museum\u2019s rich collection of artworks. The contest closes on March 22. \u201c\u2018Discover, Inspire, Create: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[213],"class_list":["post-10978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10979,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10978\/revisions\/10979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10978"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=10978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}