Words from the West Writing Workshop and Book Launch
Beth Manwaring 607.974.4254 manwaringb@rockwellmuseum.org
August 29, 2009
For Immediate Release
CORNING, NY - I WAS INDIAN Book Release and Poetry Reading
Susan Deer Cloud, Editor - Anthology Release at the Rockwell Museum of Western Art
Thursday, September 24, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Free and open to the public
The Rockwell Museum of Western Art will host a reading and reception to celebrate FootHills Publishing bringing out Volume I (Poetry) of I WAS INDIAN, a Native anthology edited by Susan Deer Cloud. Susan, an award-winning, highly published Métis Indian of Mohawk, Blackfoot and some Seneca lineage, will read alongside Monty Campbell, a Cayuga poet who grew up on the Cattaraugus reservation. They will read their own poetry. In the spirit of the Iroquois Tree of Peace whose Four White Roots invite people from all the directions to gather together in a good way, writers of non-Native background will join Susan and Monty in reading other poems by I WAS INDIAN's contemporary Native writers. The spirit of the evening will be one of saying that Turtle Island's first human beings, including in the East, are "not vanishing" but are still dreaming, creating, and changing as a multifarious, vibrant and viable community.
I WAS INDIAN will be on sale the evening of the reception and Susan and Monty will be signing copies for those who come to celebrate the powerful voices of the anthology.
Words from the West Writing Workshop Series
Local poet and publisher Michael Czarnecki will facilitate four writing workshops using the collection of the Rockwell Museum of Western Art as inspiration. Participants will peruse the Museum's galleries and then create poetry or short prose from particular works of art that they are drawn to.
A *chapbook, a small pocketsize booklet of writing, will be created and published from the works created over the course of the four workshops. Participants will receive a complimentary chapbook for each workshop attended.
The Words from the West workshops will be held over the course of four Saturdays this fall from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Participation in all four workshops is encouraged, but not required.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Saturday, October10, 2009
Saturday, October17, 2009
Pre-registration is requested and the cost to attend each workshop is $10.00 for members and $15 for not-yet members.
A chapbook release and reading from the Words from the West workshop series will be hosted in the Rockwell Museum of Western Art galleries.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Light refreshments will be served. Chapbooks will be available for purchase.
To register, please contact Kate Andrukat at the Museum by calling at 607.974.2333 or email at andrukatk@rockwellmuseum.org.
*Chapbook is a generic term to cover a particular genre of pocket-sized booklets, originating in the Sixteenth century. The term is derived from chapmen, a type of peddler who circulated such literature.
BIOGRAPHIES
Susan Deer Cloud grew up in the Catskills and for many years she lived in Binghamton, NY. She occasionally taught Creative Writing at Binghamton University. She is the author of three books of poems, most recently The Last Ceremony and has edited a multicultural anthology, Confluence. She has been published in journals such as Rosebud, Prairie Schooner, Mid-American Review and in anthologies, including Sister Nations. She has received other awards, including a fellowship from New York State Foundation for the Arts.
Michael Czarnecki has been writing poetry for over forty years and has devoted his life to creating with words, whether it be whether poems, stories, artwork, or music. In the last few years, Michael has given over 200 featured readings throughout much of the United States, from Maine to Oregon, Minnesota to Louisianna. In conjunction with readings, Michael has facilitated numerous writing workshops for writers of all ages. The workshops are informal, friendly, can be focused on a certain theme or be free-flowing in-the-moment experiences.
About the Rockwell Museum of Western Art
Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Rockwell Museum of Western Art is located in the center of the Finger Lakes Wine Country of New York Sate and in the heart of Corning's Gaffer District. The Museum is open to the public seven days a week; hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Membership to the Museum includes yearlong free admission.
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