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Access Idiom
Colorado Poetry Conference ~
Ongoing Events |
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CELEBRATION Community through Poetry
Would you
like to clean out your book case
and support good works in your community?
Do you have
your own CDs and publications
you'd like to have distributed?
At our next
community event, "In Any Language,"
an evening of performance on Dec. 8th (info
below), Access Idiom will give away bundles of
new and used poetry books and CDs as donor
recognition items. If you would like to donate
publications and/or recordings for this purpose
please contact one of our board members listed
below.
Connie
Koprowicz,
faithstudy@yahoo.com (303) 232-0270
Leigh Baran
(303) 832-4344
Stewart S.
Warren (303) 333 0230
Michael Adams
(303) 926-1323
Gia Opris
(303) 639-5149
words@accessidiom.org
"In Any
Language," featuring Joan Logghe and Miriam
Sagan from the Santa Fe, NM area, will also
include short readings in various languages with
a general theme of Friendship. If you would like
to share a poem
in any language please
contact Michael Adams at firegiggler@earthlink.net,
303.926.1323.
"In Any Language"
is a fund raiser for Access Idiom
that will help make it possible to continue its
work in the community. Please plan on attending
and pass this information on through email lists
and word of mouth.
Annual Poets' Picnic 2007 with singer/song writer
Poets at the picnic spoke to the question: "What is the
responsibility Art from Ashes youth joined us, and Denver Office of Cultural Affairs brought Denver's Longest Multi-lingual Poem, so that all could add their verses to it. |
EDUCATION Power of the Word Access Idiom is now working with Skyland Community High School in Denver. Our goal is to provide at least one poet/teacher per month to work in the classrooms through the school year 2007-08. Playshop/workshop Schedule (here)
If you have experience in giving poetry workshops and would like to be involved please contact us about opportunities. words@accessidiom.org If you are involved with institutions or groups that would benefit from these types of collaborations please contact us. |
PRESENTATION Public Performance "In Any Language" an evening of music
and Las Comadres Family Breakdown Access Idiom Fund Raiser Saturday, December 8th,
2007
Joan Logghe has been an integral part of New Mexico's Poetry Renaissance. She writes poetry, non-fiction, and reviews, teaching writing as a key to emotional activism. Among many awards and grants, Logghe has won a National Endowment in Poetry and a Barbara Deming Memorial/Money for Women grant. In 2001 she was awarded the first Mabel Dodge Luhan internship in Taos, New Mexico. She is currently the Director of Write Action: Writing from the Heart of AIDS Miriam Sagan was born in Manhattan, raised in New Jersey, and educated in Boston. She holds a B.A. with honors from Harvard University and an M.A. in Creative Writing from Boston University. She settled in Santa Fe in 1984. Sagan is the author of over twenty books. Her most recent is a memoir, Searching for a Mustard Seed : A Young Widow's Unconventional Story.
We are currently seeking sponsorship for this event. Please call if you would like to help in any way. 303.333.0230 |
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This work furthers Access Idiom's purpose of
facilitating collaborations between poets, educators, and
individuals and groups, where the development of language
arts and artistic creativity can be enhanced through the
exploration of poetry with skilled and caring educators.
