Creative Writing Workshop at the ON Museum

January 10, 2018 - For Immediate Release
Contact: Hallie Winter, Curator | 918-287-5222 | hwinter@osagenation-nsn.gov

Creative Writing Workshop at the ONM

Pawhuska, Okla. (1/05/2018) – The Osage Nation Museum (ONM) and Osage Artist Ruby Hansen Murray will be conducting a Creative Writing Workshop on February 1st, 2018 from 5:00-7:00pm. This workshop is free and open to the public.

Using guided writing prompts, workshop participants will develop stories or poems inspired by the paintings and artifacts in the retrospective exhibit Traditional Values/Contemporary Vision: Works by Gina Gray currently on view at the ONM.


Osage artist Ruby Hansen Murray is a writer and photographer, whose work appears in World Literature Today, The Rumpus, Yellow Medicine Review, Indian Country Today and As/Us. She received an MFA from The Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. She’s the winner of the 2017 Montana Creative Nonfiction Prize, awarded fellowships at Ragdale, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Fishtrap. She offers creative writing workshops in settings as varied as the Port Townsend Writers Conference, the Northern California Osage, Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka, AK and Suquamish Elementary in WA. A citizen of the Osage Nation from the Hominy District, she lives along the Columbia River.

Open to all ages, no previous writing background necessary.



About the Osage Nation Museum
The premiere destination to experience Osage history, art, and culture

Visit the Osage Nation Museum (ONM) in historic Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Our continuously changing exhibits convey the story of the Osage people throughout history and celebrate Osage culture today. Highlights include an extensive photograph collection, historical artifacts, and traditional and contemporary art. Founded in 1938, the ONM is the oldest tribally owned museum in the United States.

Admission and parking is free.

Contact Information
Phone: 918-287-5441
Fax: 918-287-5227
Email: museum@osagenation-nsn.gov
Website: www.osagenation-nsn.gov/museum
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OsageNationMuseum/

Location
819 Grandview Avenue
Pawhuska, OK 74056


For Media Inquiries: Osage Nation Communications 918-287-5599
communications@osagenation-nsn.gov