Celebrate Fil-Am Month - Explore Poetry with Collage
Fall Writers Workshop Series
Saturday, October 24
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Clark County Library
Paul C. Blau TheatreParticipants will reflect on movements important in their own lives and learn how to integrate words & images to connect with moments in Filipino-American history. All materials provided.
Using archival materials, students will produce a hybrid poem and collage on limited edition "One Down" letterpress prints. Participants will learn about the historical significance of the Filipino phrase "isang bagsak" from the farm workers' movement of the 1960's-1970's and how language helped create solidarity. Participants will be invited to reflect on movements important in their own lives and how they might integrate words and images to connect with this moment in Fil-Am history. All creative levels welcome with materials provided. Program is co-presented by Kundiman Mountain West.
About the author: JM Huck is a third year creative writing MFA candidate at UNLV and chair of the Mountain West region of Kundiman. Her poetry & essays have appeared in nearly 40 publications, and her first collection is forthcoming. Previously Huck worked as the Clark County poet laureate coordinator. Recently, she learned letterpress printing at Penland School of Craft and made the supplied prints/collage backgrounds on an antique press in Phoenix.
About the artist: Originally from Aotearoa/New Zealand, Jo (JK) Russ relocated to Las Vegas in 2010 and is known for her surreal collage works where high fashion, high art and hybrid human/creatures merge. She has created large-scale interactive collage installations for the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, the Delano Hotel, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Meow Wolf Santa Fe and the Life Is Beautiful festival, and currently works as faculty at Nevada School of the Arts (NSA).
Free admission & open to the public. Seating is first come, first served and may be limited. For more information, please call 702.507.3458.
AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Community Events | Books, Poetry & Writing | Arts, Crafts & Hobbies |
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Originally opening in 1966 as a three-room library within the Airport Annex building, the Clark County Library moved in 1967 to a storefront. In 1971, the library moved again to its current location using deeded land from the County and with money awarded by the Max C. Fleishman Foundation. The building went on to have two remodels: one completed in 1986, and the second completed in 1994, which resulted in the three-story, 120,000-square-foot building it is today. This redesign notably included a 399-seat theater and an 80-seat black box theater/dance studio. The Library District also added the Best Buy Teen Tech Center, which provides a place for teens to explore and master new technologies and digital skills.
