02 Jun Talking Gourds: New Telluride Art Walk Poetry Series, 6/5, Telluride Arts HQ!
The Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds Poetry Program has teamed up with Telluride Arts to offer live poetry on Art Walk First Thursdays in Telluride for the summer and fall. The first performance in the series takes place June 5, 6 p.m. at the Telluride Arts Headquarters, 135 W. Pacific St. with Scot Rasor of Placerville, Elle Metrick and Art Goodtimes of Wright’s Mesa.
For more information on poetry contests and the many Talking Gourds programs, visit the website www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds. For questions about the event, text 970-729-0220 or email Goodtimes at art@tellurideinstitute.org
Note:Both the Fischer and Cantor contests are currently open for submissions.
Go here for more about Talking Gourds(dating back to 2009).
Scot Rasor (aka DJ Razor Blaze) has a radio show on KOTO and has performed his poetry in Telluride.
Scot Rasor
Elle Metrick bills herself as a performance poet and “freelance word artist” with a business specializing in editing and coaching. She holds an MA in Versecraft from Western Colorado University in Gunnison. A frequent participant in Western Slope poetry festivals (Talking Gourds, Sparrows, Karen Chamberlain, Gunnison Valley),E llen was named San Miguel County Poet Laureate from 2011-13
Ellen’s books include “Poetisattva” (WaterWoman Productions, 2000) and “Teasing out the Divine” (Mercury HeartLink, 2012),
Poet, basketweaver, and former Green Party elected official in Colorado, Art Goodtimes served as Western Slope Poet Laureate (2011–2013) and continues as poetry editor for Fungi magazine and the online anthology “Sage Green Journal.” In addition, Art directs the Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds Poetry Program.
The Telluride Art Walk Poetry series will happen on the first Thursday of each month and continues June through October. Featured guests will give a 15-20 minute presentation each.
A collaboration of Telluride Arts and the Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds Poetry Program, Telluride Artwalk Poetry is free and open to all ages, thanks to the generosity of Telluride Arts, a Town of Telluride CCAASE grant, private donors and Talking Gourds’ Fischer and Cantor poetry contests.
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