Museum Musings: Adult Creative Writing Program

Museum Musings: Adult Creative Writing Program

Join us for an engaging creative writing session inside the galleries, designed for adults (ages 18+). Led by Creative Writing graduate students, this FREE program invites participants to explore selected artworks through conversation and reflection. Following group discussion, you’ll have time for independent writing inspired by the artwork that speaks to you. All materials will be provided. You are welcome to bring a notebook if you prefer, but please note that pens are not permitted in the galleries.

Spring 2026 Sessions

Tuesday, March 17th, from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Exhibit Focus: Knowledge in Bloom, Diversity in Flight
Led by: Jenny Maaketo, MFA Candidate in Poetry

Tuesday, April 14th, from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Exhibit Focus: Art Faculty Show
Led by: Eylie Sasajima, MFA Candidate in Poetry

Meet Your Instructors

Jenny Maaketo is a neurodivergent writer, psychiatric nurse, and former professional actress from Austin, Texas. She is currently an MFA poetry candidate at the University of Mississippi, as well as the managing editor for Yalobusha Review. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in swamp pink, Post Road, Cherry Tree, and other magazines. She lives in rural Mississippi with her family, four dogs, two cats, and a chicken.

Eylie Sasajima is from south central Pennsylvania. She graduated from Washington College in 2023, where she won the Sophie Kerr Prize, the nation's largest undergraduate literary prize. Her work appears in Shō Poetry Journal, Poetry South, and elsewhere. She is a second-year MFA student at UM and enjoys exploring place, humor, and the cosmos in her poetry.