In honor of National Poetry Month, Tioga Arts Council (TAC) is hosting an in-person poetry reading on Saturday, April 11, in the gallery at 1:30 p.m.

Participants can read a poem they love, an original poem, or both. Each reader will be given 5 - 7 minutes. If you would like to participate, please email tiogaartscouncil@gmail.com by April 1 to confirm.

Please join us as we celebrate poetry in April!

A SPECIAL THANKS
This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Tioga Arts Council (TAC) is honored to host its 2026 Poet in Residence, Eugenia Leigh, from July 7 through 12, 2026, at Cloud Croft Studios. On Saturday, July 11, there will be a low-cost generative workshop followed by a free poetry reading by Leigh. Save the date and join us!

ABOUT

Eugenia Leigh is a Korean American poet and the author of  Bianca (Four Way Books, 2023) and  Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows (Four Way Books, 2014). Poems from  Bianca received  Poetry magazine’s Bess Hokin Prize and have appeared in publications such as  The Atlantic, The Nation, Ploughshares, and the  Best of the Net anthology. Her essays have appeared in  TIME,  The Rumpus, and elsewhere. The recipient of fellowships and awards from  Poets & Writers Magazine, Kundiman,  the Asian American Literary Review, and elsewhere, Eugenia received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and serves as Senior Poetry Editor at  The Adroit Journal and as Board President of Brooklyn Poets.