2009_wkshpbrochure, Pwp, Writing Workshop

Registration & Poets’ Tour of Mountainair 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. Tutorials available in blogging, creating a poetry media presence on the world wide web Session 1 – Getting Started - The Power of a Few Words Dale Harris & Vanessa Vaile 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Session 2 – Poetic Journeys Dale Harris 9:00-10:30 am Session Session 3 – Plein Air Poetry Field trip to Gran Quivera, Salinas Pueblo Mission Ruins, 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. Session 4 – Writing with Poet Gary Mex Glazner 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Campfire and storytelling after dark, weather permitting

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Session 5 – Poetry Performance Gary Mex Glazner 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 pm Poets’ & Writers’ Picnic 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Group performance, fun and networking

Saturday, August August 22

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Friday, August 21

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Thursday, August 20

All sessions at the Shaffer Hotel except Session 3, Friday afternoon

Workshop Schedule

Held at the historic Shaffer Hotel in conjunction with the Manzano Mountain Art Council’s annual Sunflower Poets and Writers Picnic during the town of Mountainair’s Sunflower Festival

A congenial & supportive experience for beginning as well as more advanced poets…designed by workshop leader Dale Harris for participants to gain experience in composing, revising, presenting and performing their poems.

Poetry Writing Workshop

5nd Annual

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Gary Mex Glazner poet, teacher and arts activist, is the Managing Director of the legendary Bowery Poetry Club in New York City. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project which the National Endowment of the Arts listed as a “best practice” for their Arts and Aging Initiative. NBC’s Today Show, NPR’s Weekend Edition, and Voice of America have featured segments on Glazner’s work. Since 1990, he has worked on poets-in-the-schools projects. In 2006, the Santa Fe Opera commissioned him to create a youth performance on the life and work of Spanish poet Fernando Federico Lorca for their Lorca Festival. He is the author of “How to Make a Living as a Poet” and “How to Make a Life as a Poet” and his poems have been published by Harper Colllins, W.W. Norton,

Guest Faculty

wordist, taught Comparative Literature at UC Davis and currently teaches writing & language courses online. She curates and writes a number of blogs including Poets & Writers Picnic and the popular Mountain Arts. She has a special interest in oral traditions in poetry.

Vanessa Vaile polyglot blogger, webist,

poet and artist living in Albuquerque and Torreon, NM, founder of Mountainair’s annual Poets’ & Writers’ Picnic, long-time editor of Central Avenue monthly poetry magazine and reading series. She enjoys performing her poetry at regional arts venues.

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Tuition is for writing sessions only, does not cover lodging or meals. meals For more information, contact Dale Harris (505) 242-4930 E-mail: [email protected]

Tuition $125.00

Workshop Registration

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The Mountainair Chamber of Commerce web page has information about the town, maps, other lodging and dining alternatives

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505505-847847-2888 505505-888888-595595-2888 toll free

Contact the Shaffer Hotel about their special workshop discount and make your your room reservation early. Space is limited, only 20 rooms available. Shaffer Hotel

Located in the center of town, 1 block south of the intersection of Highways 55 & 60, the Shaffer Hotel and its full service dining room are historic Pueblo Art Deco, originally built in 1923 by maverick folk artist Pop Shaffer. The Hotel contains Pop’s original art and Martin Shaffer landscapes. Newly refurbished rooms accommodate single, double, or family occupancy, most with private baths and furnished in period style.

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