Dear Poet,
This
message is being sent to a number of Cleveland-area poets (whom I know well,
slightly and perhaps not at all) as an open invitation to participate in an
exciting series of ekphrastic poetry events.
As
the current Poet Laureate of Cleveland Heights, I have worked with my
sponsor, HeightsArts, to create a new program in which local poets are invited
to view the works being assembled for each of the HeightsArts gallery
exhibitions and write poems inspired by these works.
At a date
near the end of each exhibition's run, we invite the public to come and hear
the artists talk about their work, and the poets read and talk about their
poems. We have held two of these EKPHRASTACY programs to date, with the
audience in the gallery packed to capacity. It's an exciting
cross-discipline event that draws both art and poetry lovers. So far we
have featured work by 12 local poets.
Although we are not yet in a position to offer an honorarium (we are working on this for the future), we are offering a free membership in HeightsArts, with full membership benefits, to the poets chosen to participate in EKPHRASTACY. You can check member benefits at the HeightsArts website www.heightsarts.org
Right now we are looking for poets to participate in the July 10th EKPHRASTACY and the final one of the season, in September. We already have the schedule for 2015, so I will soon be putting those programs together as well.
Hoping
to hear of your interest,
Kathleen
Kathleen Cerveny
Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate, 2013-14
Art is not a thing. It is a
Way.
website: http://kathleencerveny.com
1 comment:
its not clear what this entails or what the project is but i might be interested. bree --greenpandapress@gmail.com
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