Understanding Piero della Francesca

November 27, 2023 – Lecture dedicated to Piero della Francesca by Dana Prescott, BA, MA, writer, painter, and educator, who has lived and worked in Italy for most of the past 30 years, will offer a rare insight on the genius of the Early Renaissance painter and how poetry helped us understand his art. Th event will have very special readers for 6 short poems selected by Dana, including Sarah Moriarty, Executive Director of Charleston Literary Festival, and Asiah May, Poet Laureate of Charleston.
See you at Gage Hall, 4 Archdale St, Charleston, SC
Monday, November 27 at 6pm.
A reception with Italian wines and food will follow the presentation.

Now something about Dana Prescott, an incredible woman with a very interesting career. She taught painting and drawing at Temple University, Cornell University, and University of Washington in Rome, amongst other programs. She was Director of the European Honors Program of Rhode Island School of Design and served as Andrew Heiskell Arts Director at the American Academy in Rome. She was Executive Director of Civitella Ranieri for 15 years, until she retired in 2022. Civitella Ranieri is an international residency program bringing together visual artists, writers, and composers, located at a 15th-century castle in the Umbria region of Italy.
Dana Prescott’s work was included in the anthologyApple, Tree’ in 2019 and her poems have been published in the Bennington Reviewand The Journal for Poetic Research, amongst others. She is the editor of the anthology, ‘Feathers from the Angel’s Wing,’ a collection of poems inspired by the paintings of Piero della Francesca.

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