Writing from Art
A Creative Writing Workshop
Caden Clemmings’ reflections on a Beauford Delaney work
Teens of Color Abroad (TOCA)
2026 Creative Writing Workshop
Leo Marchutz School of Painting & Drawing
The Wells International Foundation (WIF) and TOCA collaborated for the first time this summer through WIF’s Entrée to Black Paris Cultural Awareness Program. Entrée to Black Paris (ETBP) presented a creative writing workshop for ten students from TOCA’s two-week high school study abroad program, using Beauford Delaney’s life and artwork as their creative anchor.
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Grace De-Souza
Alyssa Quiles
TOCA Students
Saliou Diop
Eduardo Perez
Derek Tirado
Caden Clemmings
Fatima Salgado
Muhib Zaidi
Anabella Hernandez Lopez
Zariyah Soto
Dr. Monique Y. Wells presents Writing from Art
Students were asked to select one of four works of art by Beauford Delaney and write a poem or narrative inspired by the work.
Each student recited what they wrote in front of the group.
Participants in the Leo Marchutz Summer Painting Program for Adults and College Students sat in on the workshop. They wrote their own creative works and shared them with the group as well.
Watch TOCA students and invited guests share their writings HERE.
See still images of the students reciting their works below.
Grace De-Souza
Student Presentations
Saliou Diop
Alyssa Quiles
Derek Tilgado
Derek Tirado
Caden Clemmings
Fatima Salgado
Eduardo Perez
Anabella Hernandez Lopez
Zariyah Soto
Muhid Zaidi
Resonance of Form and
Vibration of Color
Students received the gift of the Beauford Delaney: Resonance of Form and Vibration of Color catalog from the exhibition the Wells International Foundation mounted in Paris in 2016.
Some of them were moved to write about works they saw in the catalog.
Two students elected to write about a work presented in the orientation exercise the students completed prior to leaving the U.S. for France.
Click on the students’ names in the section below to watch them recite these works.
