Writing Salon at the National Gallery of Art, in Washington, DC, is a series of free creative writing workshops for adult audiences. The program uses art as an inspiration for writing and embraces writing as a powerful way to experience art. Highlighting the parallels between the writing and art-making processes, the program demonstrates that writing can be a tool for encouraging visitors to slow down, look closely, spark creativity, and find deep meaning within works of art. This article shares the pedagogical approach through case studies of two workshop topics.