"Listening/Looking as Collaboration--A Poet and a Painter Create Together"
January 25, 2012
Gregory S. Orr, M.F.A., Professor of English (Creative Writing), UVA
Trisha Orr, B.A., Artist, Charlottesville VA
Both award-winning and nationally recognized in their own fields, poet Gregory Orr and painter Trisha Orr have been married for almost 40 years. On four occasions they have experimented with collaborative projects; projects which yielded insights and growth that registered in the artists' subsequent work. This Medical Center Hour provides a richly illustrated narrative of these collaborative projects, and also considers the challenges implicit in stepping outside the boundaries of one's own expertise and field in order to engage creatively with another person's perspective. We are grateful to Gregory and Trisha Orr for granting us permission to film their presentation including their slides. They hold copyright to all images presented on the screen.
A John F. Anderson Memorial Lecture
