Hi all,
If you happen to be in the Bay Area this spring, I’m scheduled to give two readings so far:
1. Thursday March 11, 4 p.m., with Cecilia Woloch, MLK Library on 4th St., 2nd Floor Meeting Rooms (at this reading Cecilia will read her poetry, and I will be discussing how poetry functions in my new novel, Complementary Colors).
2. Wednesday April 7, 7 p.m., MLK Library on 4th St., 2nd Floor Meeting Rooms (a reading from my new novel, with audience Q&A)
Cheers,
Kate
Design Competition! Wearable Art with a Lifesaving Message
Please Circulate!
What Is Wearable Art?
Wearable art, also known as Artwear or “art to wear”, refers to individually designed pieces of (usually) hand-made clothing or jewelry created as fine or expressive art. While the making of any article of clothing or other wearable object typically involves aesthetic considerations, the term wearable art implies that the work is intended to be accepted as a serious and unique artistic creation or statement. Source: Wikipedia
Design Competition! Wearable Art with a Lifesaving Message
Sponsored by the Silicon Valley American Red Cross Heroes Celebration.
In Collaboration With, SAN FRANCISCO FASHION AND MERCHANTS ALLIANCE, INC.
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Fashion designers, high tech designers and artisans with the right mix of talent, irreverence and flair to compete in the inaugural Red Cross Wearable Art Competition. Win the opportunity to showcase your design at this year’s highly visible fourth annual event, honoring local heroes and supporting the life-saving programs of the Silicon Valley Red Cross Chapter.
MEET
Finalist will mix and mingle with more than 500 of Silicon Valley attendees including major technology, business, fashion and art industry luminaries.
PRESS
Finalist will be highly visible through-out the Bay Area through press coverage, website features and other marketing opportunities.
WIN
On May 8th, at the City’s freshest must-attend fete – The Heroes Celebration at the Santa Clara Marriott, winners will be selected from all attending finalist by our celebrity panel of judges. The crowd will also select a favorite!
Grand Prize: Lots of press and some serious bragging rights!
Initial Deadline: February 19th, 2010
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Dear friends,
The 2010 Omnidawn Poetry Chapbook Contest
Judged by Elizabeth Robinson
is Omnidawn Publishing’s first annual
chapbook contest
open to all poets writing in English.
Prize includes $1,000.,
Fall 2010 publication by Omnidawn &
100 complimentary copies of the chapbook.
The entry fee of $15 entitles you to a copy of
the winning chapbook if you send an SASE.
Submission period: 1/1/10 – 2/28/10.
Accepting both electronic
and postal submissions.
For details visit http://www.facebook.com/l/d86bd;www.omnidawn.com/contest/
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Also Coming:
Omnidawn’s 2010 Full Poetry Book Contest
for first or second books.
Judged by Rae Armantrout.
Prize includes $3,000.,
Fall 2011 publication by Omnidawn,
& 100 complimentary copies of the book.
Electronic & postal
submission period: 3/1/10 – 6/30/10.
We invite you all to submit!
Thank you for your continuous interest and support,
The Omnidawn team
Feature in a major Bay Area city’s alternative weekly on one of our summer featured artists, painter Wayne Jiang.
ROUND MIDNIGHT:Wayne Jiang’s 2009 acrylic ‘Babyland’ is as much an exploration of the idea of ‘the other’ as it is an urban landscape. FROM INSIDE the main corridor at Alameda Artworks Studios, artist Wayne Jiang is pointing toward the open doorway, through which we can see the setting sun. Outside, across the narrow parking lot and behind a squat chain-link fence, sits Park Avenue Preschool, which isn’t actually located on Park Avenue.
Both the preschool and Alameda Artworks Studios sit on The Alameda, just off Race Street, separated by this parking lot we’re gazing across from the studio hallway. Next to the preschool are a playhouse, a jungle gym and a toy sports car popular with the kids.
Read the rest of the article here: http://www.metroactive.com/features/wayne-jiang.html
– The Quarter One Flash Fiction Challenge is Open –
See below for details.
Homer was able to write about the Trojan War in ten epic novels, The Iliad being one of them. He covered it all: religion, love, war, fantasy, myth, and horror. Now it’s your turn to carry on the tradition and create your own epic story; but there’s a catch… It must be done in 1,000 words or less. That’s roughly 2 pages, which is 3/1000 of the size of the entire Homeric collection!
All the entries will be reviewed blind (no author names are on the review copies) by a panel of reviewers and the very best will be selected for publication in the next Flash Fiction Challenge anthology. Multiple entries are allowed.
Would your characters try to swindle a dragon out of his treasure? Perhaps they’d try to steal the fastest spaceship in the galaxy? Or are they after something a little more sinister that’s in need of taking? Where ever and when ever they take place, the stories of these Thieves and Scoundrels will take hold of your imagination and ransom it back to you.
NOTE: all stories submitted to the Flash Fiction Challenge must fit within the genres of Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror.
Submissions will be accepted up to midnight PST on the closing date of the challenge.
Link, and information on how to submit work, here: http://absolute-x-press.com/flash-fiction-challenge/
Pitch your ideas to our literary agents, or to editors from major publishing houses. Enter a contest with cash prizes. Receive a personalized professional critique on your latest writing project. Bring your laptop computer and take advantage of our wireless Internet connection.
Still not convinced? A special reduced price is offered for teens, age 12-18. Volume discounts are available for any church or school sending ten or more. A handful of partial scholarships will be available. If you have a special need, let us know.
We hope you will seize this opportunity to gain fresh inspiration for your writing, and perhaps a little encouragement for yourself as well.
Please check out our website, at www.avwriters.com
Greetings!
Show your art in Works’ first ever “Anti-Valentine” exhibition and auction!
Show your love for Works, your community art and performance center,
by placing your art in our Valentine event opening First Friday
February 5.
How it Works:
We ask that artwork be accessible in size and price: please keep art
within 12×12 inches for wall pieces or a 12×12 inch footprint for
sculptural work. All work should be ready to hang or stand. Multiple
pieces are acceptable.
Themes: What inspires you about Valentine’s Day: hearts and flowers,
broken hearts and dead flowers? Works wants to show a full range of
feelings about Valentine’s Day.
All artwork will be available for bid at the silent auction at a
starting bid of 20 dollars with minimum bid increments of 5 dollars.
Bidders who want to buy a piece outright must meet the “Buy It Now”
(retail) price set by the artist—recommended between $50 and $300.
Artists can elect to receive up to 50 percent of the purchase price or
can donate all proceeds to Works. Artists whose artwork generates
proceeds for Works at or above the basic membership price of $35 will
be rewarded with a complimentary membership.
Please bring your artwork to Works, 451 South 1st Street, San José, CA
95113, on one of the following dates:
Thursday, January 28, 12-4 p.m.
Friday, January 29, 12-7 p.m.
Saturday, January 30, 12-4 p.m.
Please also provide:
Your Name
Your mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address
Title of Artwork
Description of piece (media, size, date)
“Buy It Now” price
Remember to join us on Friday, February 5th to see your art in the
exhibition and take part in the Silent Auction!
For more information, please contact Works/San José at 408-256-6250 or
gallery@workssanjose.org
A copy of this announcement is attached. Please forward to your community!