Raining Poetry & Painting in Roxbury 2018 – a public street art project, on the sidewalks of Roxbury during Celebrate Roxbury Summer Festival, Saturday, July 7, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Twenty visual artists will be paired with twenty selected poems: the artists will stencil their visual responses on the sidewalk next to the chosen poems. This doubling promises to be a fun and unexpected way to experience the beauty and synergy between poetry and painting.

Poetry Reading and Reception at 2:00 p.m. in front of Roxbury General, 53587 Main Street, Roxbury, NY. Participating poets will read their six-word poems, artists will discuss their visual responses, and audience participation is encouraged.

Raining Poetry & Painting in Roxbury 2018, sponsored by Writers in the Mountains, is made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Decentralization Grant Program, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and is administered in Delaware County by the Roxbury Arts Group (RAG).

Writers in the Mountains is a 501 ( c ) (3) not-for-profit organization with a mission to provide a nurturing environment for the practice, appreciation and sharing of creative writing. Learn more at writersinthemountains.org.