Words on Canvas
2020 Spring Writing Competition Winners
We invite you to listen to poems and stories inspired by art and written by students at University of Florida and Santa Fe College for Words on Canvas.
The Words on Canvas writing competition takes place each spring, and is open to all UF and Santa Fe College students with a passion for art and writing.
Read and listen to their stories here, and download the entire booklet from our website at harn.ufl.edu/wordsoncanvas.
- Joshua Evangelista (UF English & Theatre), “Of Old Man’s Cloth” - 1st Place
- Angelina Bonilla (SFC Microbiology), “Death in B Flat” - 2nd Place
- Valentina Sarmiento (SFC Journalism), “The Ballad of Orange Julius” - 3rd Place
- Hannah Lazar (UF English), “Black and White” - Honorable Mention
- Brianna Steidle (UF Psychology), “Half-Cubism” - Honorable Mention
- Christine Taylor (UF English), “Times Square, 1979” - Honorable Mention
Click here to read the winning submissions.
“Of Old Man’s Cloth” by Joshua Evangelista
Inspired by: El Anatsui. Old Man’s Cloth, 2003
“Death in B Flat” by Angelina Bonilla
Inspired by: Imai Oshin. Skeleton. Circa 1920-1930
(read by Katy Harris, Harn Museum)
“The Ballad of Orange Julius” by Valentina Sarmiento
Inspired by: Noel Mahaffey. Night-Times Square, 1979
(read by Paige Willis, Harn Museum)
“Black and White” by Hannah Lazar
Inspired by: André Kertész. Washington Square Park (child on swing, 04-04-70, #20A), 1970
(read by Hannah Lazar)
“Half-Cubism” by Brianna Steidle
Inspired by: Bertram Hartman. City Blocks, c. 1929
(read by Lauren Keiser, Harn Museum)
“Times Square, 1979” by Christine Taylor
Inspired by: Noel Mahaffey. Night-Times Square, 1979
(read by Christine Taylor)
Words on Canvas 2020 was coordinated by Errol Nelson, the Harn Museum Campus Engagement Intern.
We gratefully acknowledge the UF faculty members who graciously served as judges this year
- Derek Burdette, Assistant Professor of Art History
- Delia Steverson, Assistant Professor of English
- Phillip Wegner, Professor of English and Marston-Milbauer Eminent Scholar
Image Credits:
El Anatsui
Old Man’s Cloth, 2003
Aluminum and copper wire
16 ft. x 17 ft. 1 in. (487.7 x 520.7 cm)
Museum purchase with funds from friends of the Harn Museum
2005.37
Bertram Hartman
City Blocks, c. 1929
Oil on board
48 x 30 1/8 in. (121.9 x 76.5 cm)
Gift of William H. and Eloise R. Chandler
PA-84-163
André Kertész
Washington Square Park (child on swing, 04-04-70, #20A), 1970
Gelatin silver print; double weight air dried, glossy
Image: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Lori and Kenneth Polin Family
2018.79.44
Noel Mahaffey
Night-Times Square, 1979
Silkscreen
17 1/2 x 15 in. (44.5 x 38.1 cm)
Gift of Leonard Velick
PR-81-28-I
Imai Oshin
Skeleton
Japanese, Taisho and Showa, Late Taisho - early Showa era, circa 1920-1930
Burl wood
11 x 7 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. (27.9 x 18.4 x 11.7 cm)
Museum purchase, funds provided by the Robert H. and Kathleen M. Axline Acquisition Endowment
2012.24