For Immediate Release:
Monday, September 20, 2004
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For Immediate Release: Monday, September 20, 2004 |
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Phoenix College Fall Fine Arts Calendar Features More than 30 Enticing Events
For more than 25 years, Peterson
has captivated the art world with her bold and dramatic pieces. Using
an array of vivid color, her artwork has appeared in galleries in New
York, Santa Fe, California, Arizona and abroad. Her work is contemporary
and dramatic and expands from Realism to Abstraction, which are all linked
by her vivid use of color. This show will feature an eclectic mix of strong
color and design. Her work is guaranteed to evoke emotion, leave an impression
and inspire. Jed Allen, MFA, Phoenix College Creative Writing Program Co-director, will explore the ancient Greek question, “What is a Good Human Life?” He will focus his presentation on establishing universal values in our multicultural world. September 9 Teatro Bravo will present a complete one-hour abbreviated version of their upcoming season. ASU professor, Guillermo Reyes, directs the presentation, which will be in Spanish. September
11 A deeply instinctive part of poetry is wanting to write in honor of someone or something we love, or have lost. In this workshop participants will look at some fairly famous elegies and odes, and think about what it means to write a poem specifically in honor of someone or something. They also will write their own elegies or odes. Sarah Vap, associate poetry editor of Hayden’s Ferry Review, will conduct the workshop.
September 13 – October
6 See artwork created in the heart of Ireland by Phoenix College faculty and students. The exhibit will feature drawings, paintings, creative photography, digital storytelling, video production and more. September 18 How many times have writers been told, “Show don’t tell?” This workshop examines the craft of showing through exercises and discussion. Come prepared to write. Juli Henshaw, a fiction writer and author of The Hawaii Review, will present the workshop. September 22 October 1-2 & 7-9 Come and indulge in Shakespeare’s romantic comedy of young lovers with a contemporary twist. October 2 Relationship stories often fail to glue readers to the page because many writers think suspense is only used in mysteries and thrillers. That is not true. Writers who know when and how to reveal information can make any novel a page-turner. Best-selling romance novelist, Connie Flynn will conduct this intensive workshop that will teach participants how to control time and prose to heighten conflict, tension and suspense.
October 7 New Voices includes door prizes (books), refreshments and good conversation. Enjoy and celebrate the written and spoken word. October 9 Voice is an elusive concept – it is hard to define and hard to explain. Yet most beginning writers gain a sense of how to create a voice by imitating a wide variety of authors. In this workshop participants will begin to identify both technical and non-technical aspects of the written voice. The French experimental novelist Raymond Queneau’s book, Exercises in Style, will serve as a springboard for the workshop. Jessica Reed currently teaches at Scottsdale Community College and at the John Hopkins’ Center for the Talented Youth. October 11 – November
3 Tom has been painting in watercolor and acrylic media for about 12 years, and is a juried member of the Arizona Watercolor Association. His work has been exhibited at venues throughout the Valley. He has also studied with noted local artists like Ina May Moore, Ron Bergen and Dick Phillips. October 12 A Celebration of Latin Cultures is a student and community variety show that depicts different regions of Latin America and their cultures. October 12 October 20 October 22 Laraine Herring, author, teacher and certified Grief-Recovery Specialist, will encourage participants to examine the importance of place in creative writing. Her workshop will help writers work with setting in a way that enhances characterization and propels the plot forward. The story’s setting has its own rich inner life. Exploration of this inner life will help one discover more about characters and help the writer deepen his or her prose. Come prepared to write, discuss and share. October 22 October 23
Does your organization struggle with getting news coverage in the local media? Learn how to write creative news and feature stories that attract the attention of local and national reporters. This workshop will give participants the tools needed to think and write like a reporter. During the workshop, participants will gain insight on various ways to present the news. Christy Skeen, Phoenix College communications coordinator, has received international, national and local news coverage. November 3 Through time, there are places that evoke memories and haunt humanity. Dr. Albert Celoza, Phoenix College Liberal Arts Chair, will take participants on a journey to sacred places and on an exploration of their histories, myths and the music and art they inspire. November 6 A basic commercial fiction plot contains five to seven key scenes that move the story from inciting incident to resolution. By creating these key scenes, you can plot anything from a simple novella to a massive multiple-plot saga. For sub-plots the steps are simple; the stories writers create from them can be as complex as they choose. Best-selling romance novelist, Connie Flynn will present the workshop. November 8 – December
1 Dr. Harry Kaino has been involved in Ceramics since the late 1950’s and has been teaching the art for the past 35 years. The show represents an ongoing belief by the artist that we are influenced by those things that surround us. The surface of the pots are incised, carved or inlaid, and then the forms are altered by hand. The clay is Stoneware and the final result is fired to Cone 10 or Raku. November 11 Mark your calendars for this year’s Mexican-American Lecture. This annual lecture will feature a prominent member of the Mexican-American community. Speaker and topic will be determined closer to the event. In Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, Jim Trueblood confesses to fathering a child with his daughter. The monologue is crafted by Ellison in such a manner that we, as readers, empathize with Trueblood. We question our inability to hate him. How does Ellison convince us to like a character whose behavior we feel is repugnant? Through exercise and discussion, participants will use Trueblood as an extreme example to focus on the craft of creating characters with unlovable behaviors—bad people, for the most part. How do we get the reader to like them? While not required, it is recommended that participants read chapter two of Ellison’s Invisible Man. Come prepared to write. Juli Henshaw, a fiction writer and author of The Hawaii Review, will present the workshop. November 17, 2004
November 18 Join members of the Phoenix College Creative Writing Program for an evening of readings from original material written by the college writing community. This all-inclusive evening is based on the popular New Voices series. This event opens the doors to include faculty from other colleges, Phoenix College community members and students and others not currently enrolled in creative writing classes. Anyone interested in reading from his or her work, should call (602) 285-7468 or (602) 285-7345. November 19-20 & December
2-4 Experience this black comedy about the nature of art and human manipulation. Viewer discretion is advised. November 20 December 3 What happens when you sit down to crank out a writing exercise, a short story, a poem or even a first draft of a chapter in record time? Experience the thrill of keeping up with the story, rather than being the creative dominant master of your plot and characters. Writing fast, forces you to hand yourself over to, and trust, your higher creative forces, and the story at large. High adrenaline writing also kicks a writer out of his or her regular cycle and repeated pattern of themes, character and word choices. Speed permits you to trip and stumble into undiscovered terrain. Writing fast produces freshness, excites the heart and broadens a writer’s repertoire. In this workshop we will take ourselves to the writing gym and put ourselves through a series of speed workouts to see what takes shape. Laraine Herring, author, teacher and certified Grief-Recovery Specialist will teach the workshop. December 4 We often hear that politics and poetry do not mix – that overt politics within a poem artistically lessens the poem. In this workshop participants will examine how a poet’s sense of justice, morality and personal or public politics enter the poem. Come ready to write. Sarah Vap, associate poetry editor of Hayden’s Ferry Review, will conduct the workshop.
December 5 The annual concert also will feature solos by various McConnell Singers. Before the event, attendees can sample a number of pastries and desserts at the McConnell Singers Bake Sale, which begins at 2 p.m. The McConnell Singers are under the direction of Dan Hooper. December 7 – 8 This is an exciting display of art ranging from ceramics to jewelry. The show features unique artwork made by Phoenix College students. So for all of the art lovers out there…come ready to make a purchase. Please note, this is a cash only sale. Checks and/or credit cards will not be accepted. December 7 December 9 This end of the semester celebration will include readings, door prizes (books), refreshments and good conversation. Enjoy and celebrate the written and spoken word. December 10 December 21 |
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August
16 – September 8
October
6
October
30
November
13
December
9