Writers in the Mountains (WIM) presents The Amherst Method, a generative writing workshop with poet Sharon Israel, the last Friday of the month from 3 to 5 pm at the Roxbury Library, 53742 State Hwy 30, Roxbury, NY. The first session will be held on March 29. Advance registration is recommended. Never written before? Know you have a writer’s soul but haven’t yet been able … Continue reading The Amherst Method Creative Writing Workshop
Upcoming Events from Writers in the Mountains (WIM) Literary Community: Weekly figure drawing at Andes Academy of Art, 506 Main Street in Andes, every Wednesday from 4 to 7 pm. State of the Art publication closes the 15th of the month prior to its printing and two months prior to its cover date. Poetry and micro-fiction can be submitted to Andesacademyofart@gmail.com. The Power of Words to Heal: Post Traumatic Press @ … Continue reading April is National Poetry Month: News from WIM’s Literary Community
Composer Robert E. Cucinotta has released a new single Night Music in Central Park, a free arrangement for piano of You and the Night and the Music (1934) and Dancing in the Dark (1931), as a tribute to the music of Arthur Schwartz. Born in Brooklyn in 1900, Schwartz was a major American composer, and a friend of George and Ira Gershwin. The mention of … Continue reading New Release: Night Music in Central Park by Composer Robert Cucinotta
From Artists and Writers Affiliated with Writers In The Mountains PAINTINGS: HOUSHMAND AND DUKE MURAL on Main Art Gallery, Hobart, NY Saturday and Sunday, 12 noon – 4 pm (until July 2) PLEIN AIR PAINTING SHOW 1084 Main Street, Fleischmanns, NY Saturday and Sunday, 11 am – 4 pm (until July 3) Participating artists include: Ros Welchman, Sharon Suess, Michelle Sidrane, Patrice Lorenz, Gail Freund, Helene Manzo, Lesley Powell, Oneida … Continue reading News and Events
by Simona David “I have a feeling that in art the need to understand and the need to communicate are one,” remarked Hedda Sterne, revered Surrealist painter. Coming out of a 14-month once in a century pandemic, we take a moment to reflect on this monumental experience and make sense of the changes we have witnessed around us thus far. Artists have extraordinary perceptual abilities, … Continue reading Pandemic Art – Heartfelt Stories from The Catskills
Listen to this week’s Kaatscast podcast to learn about arts and culture in the Catskills, creative writing and publishing with Simona David, Sharon Israel, Anique Sara Taylor, and Leslie T. Sharpe, authors affiliated with Writers In The Mountains (WIM). Kaatscast is a biweekly podcast produced by Silver Hollow Audio delivering history, travel guides, arts and culture, outdoor adventures, sustainability news and local interviews from New … Continue reading Kaatscast Podcast with Writers In The Mountains and Silver Hollow Audio – Promoting the Culture of the Catskills
Raining Poetry & Painting July 7, 2018 Roxbury, New York Continue reading Raining Poetry 2018
Writers in the Mountains’ 25th Anniversary Gala August 19, 2017 Wayside Cider, Andes, NY Learn more about Writers in the Mountains at writersinthemountains.org. Continue reading WIM’s 25th Anniversary Gala
WRITERS IN THE MOUNTAINS (WIM) PRESENTS ARTIST – WRITER TALK SERIES MUTUAL MUSES IN THE CATSKILLS “THE ARTS CONVERGE” THE MAURICE D. HINCHEY CATSKILL INTERPRETIVE CENTER MT. TREMPER, NY SATURDAY, MAY 27 AT 1 P.M. Art Writer Simona David in Conversation with Painters Margaret Leveson and Lisbeth Firmin, Printmaker and Ceramicist Peter Yamaoka, and Textile Artist Tabitha Gilmore-Barnes Art writer Simona David will discuss … Continue reading “The Arts Converge” – Mutual Muses in the Catskills
April 30, 2017 Union Grove Distillery, Arkville, New York Learn more at writersinthemountains.org. Continue reading Writers Unbound – Annual Literary Festival
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