As part of the IF YOU KEEP A STAR IN A CAGE installation and immersive experience by Jess Petrylak, the Artist will offer a FREE generative poetry workshop and reading designed to explore the intersection of personal identity and celebrity culture, using writing as a means of processing collective memory and the societal obsession with fame. Prompts include: Tabloid Erasure Poems, Digital Diary Entries, and a Selfie Sonnet/Mirro Poem. Pink fuzzy pens, hand mirrors, and tabloids provided.
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, June 11, from 6 - 7:30 PM
LOCATION: Cloud Croft Studios - Schoolhouse, 1003 Sanford Rd., Owego.
REGISTRATION: This event is FREE but registration is required. Sign up at: https://forms.gle/Ygf4WMcHM6t2nJVr9
To see a full description of the installation and other special events, go to: https://www.tiogaartscouncil.org/iykasiac
Part 1: Poetry in the Everyday World - A Lecture
There is a long history of poetry and its techniques being used to not only enhance other artistic mediums but also more practical and quotidian acts like religious observance, marketing, and diplomacy. Some of the greatest poets regularly used poetic theories to advance objectives in their professional and personal lives: James Dickey wrote copy for Coca-Cola, Nobel laureates Pablo Neruda, Czeslaw Milosz, and Saint-John Perse were all diplomats, Carlos Drummond de Andrade was a civil servant, and Gerard Manley Hopkins was a Jesuit priest. This session will discuss the history and usefulness of poetry as an everyday act where the practice is taken out of the classroom and academia and made essential to careers and personal traditions.
Date & Time: Friday, July 11, from 6 - 7 p.m.
Location: Cloud Croft Studios - Schoolhouse, 1003 Sanford Rd., Owego, NY
Part 2: Poetry Workhop & Reading
Whether you’re drawn to the grit of Charles Bukowski, the lyric generosity of John Keats, the unflinching clarity of Gwendolyn Brooks, or the genuine passion of Ada Limón, this poetry workshop welcomes all lovers of language. We’re a vibrant space for poets of all styles and experience levels—whether you’re channeling Shakespeare’s sonnets or CD Wright’s experimental edge or something else entirely. In this two-hour poetry workshop, we will be committed to the practice and craft of poetry, honest and kind feedback, and the study of the creative process. Participants will offer their individual work-in-progress to the intensive attention of careful readers and will use their commentary and thoughtful readings toward the process of revision.
Date & Time: Saturday, July 12, from 1 - 4 p.m.
Location: Cloud Croft Studios - Schoolhouse (Workshop + Reading), 1003 Sanford Rd., Owego, NY
Registration: The cost for the workshop is $10 for TAC Supporters; $15 for Not-Yet-Supporters. We accept cash, check (payable to Tioga Arts Council), and credit card or register online at https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E360675&id=23 or by scanning the QR Code.
The Tioga Arts Council celebrates world literature in translation as part of the global event International Translation Day, on September 27 at the Tioga Arts Council, 179 Front Street in Owego and starts at 1:30 pm. If you’re interested in participating contact Erin Riddle erin@erinriddle.com.
ABOUT INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATION DAY
In 2017, The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to recognize the role of translation in transnational communication and understanding and in fostering peace. The same resolution declared September 30 as UN International Translation Day, now celebrated annually around the world. September 30 was chosen for the date because it is the feast of St. Jerome, who is considered the patron saint of translators.
The Tioga Arts Council’s participation in this global event celebrates literary artists from around the world, their works in translation, and the translators who make their works accessible.