Join artist and poet Sophie Herxheimer to make your own poetic response to Victor Hugo.

Famous for his epic novel Les Misérables, Victor Hugo used his poetry and drawings to dream up dramatic worlds and epic landscapes. During this workshop we will use his imaginative language and imagery as material and inspiration to carve our own fanciful poems and drawings, and find new illumination from these treasures of nineteenth century France.

Inspired by our exhibition Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo, this workshop is an opportunity to use Victor Hugo's vivid language and imagery as material and inspiration with the guidance of artist and poet Sophie Herxheimer .

Whether you’re a seasoned artist and poet, or you’ve never picked up a pencil before, this class is an opportunity to experiment with drawing and writing in our beautiful Benjamin West Lecture Theatre.