Catamount Arts

Sunday, December 14, 1:00-2:30pm

Catamount Arts Center

Instructor: Gnaomi Siemens 

An informal poetry workshop in which we will discuss three important elements in creating poetry— What is a poem? What is a line and why do we break it? Images versus abstraction. There will be in-class exercises and discussion. Participants will leave with a packet of poems discussed in class and exercises to try at home. This is for anyone looking for inspiration or curious about the artistic practice. No skills or previous experience necessary. Please bring a favorite notebook and pen or pencil (no phones or laptops) - we’ll have some available for anyone who forgets. A sign-up sheet will be available for participants to request short “office hours”, one-on-one consultations at a local coffee shop, later in the week.

Class fee: $25 (10% discount for Catamount Arts members) Please contact Anne at 802-748-2600 ext 109 to inquire about financial assistance.

560 Railroad Community Artist Gnaomi Siemens is a poet and interdisciplinary artist based in New York City who writes about ecology, culture, and art through a queer, ecofeminist lens. Her work can be found in The Believer, Seneca Review, Portland Review, Epiphany Magazine, Poet Lore, and Action, Spectacle, among others in the US and abroad. Her work has been supported by The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), The Arctic Circle, Millay Arts, Vermont Studio Center, The British Library, The Poetry Society of New York, American Literary Translators Association (ALTA), and The Council For European Studies. Her first poetry collection, The Errant, was a finalist for The X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize.