[Cwgrad-announcements] FW: Poetry event at CAFAM

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-----Original Message-----
From: Maurya Simon [mailto:maurya.simon at ucr.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 8:42 PM
To: Amanda J Labagnara
Subject: Fwd: Poetry event at CAFAM

Hi Amanda,

Please forward this announcement to everyone.  Thanks much, Maurya

>From: "Holly Jerger" <holly at cafam.org>
>To: <maurya.simon at ucr.edu>
>Subject: Poetry event at CAFAM
>Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 13:51:45 -0700
>
>Hi, Maurya,
>
>Tina Demirdjian recommended you to me.  She is teaching a poetry workshop
>here at CAFAM, and we were hoping you could pass along the information to
>other staff and students.  Please let me know if that is a problem or if
you
>would like any further information.  Thank you, Holly
>
>Please join us for a wonderful evening of poetry, art, and self-expression.
>The Craft and Folk Art Museum is located at 5814 Wilshire Blvd. (across
from
>the La Brea Tar Pits and LACMA).
>
>Painted Words: A Poetry Workshop
>Thursday, June 22, 2006
>7:00 - 9:00 pm
>
>Poet and teacher Tina Demirdjian will guide participants on a journey that
>will join their personal visions of home with works in our Homeland
>exhibition.  At the end of the evening, participants will share and discuss
>the poems they created during the workshop.  Drinks and light refreshments
>will be served.  No previous writing experience necessary.
>
>Free with the cost of museum admission
>
>Please RSVP in advance to (323) 937- 4230 x28 or email: workshops at cafam.org
>
>Tina Demirdjian's first book "IMPRINT" was published thanks to a grant from
>the City of Glendale's Arts and Culture Commission and additional funding
>from the Durfee Foundation.  A selection of Demirdjian's poems have
appeared
>in Aspora, Ararat International Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Midwest
>Poetry Review, the Texas Observer, and in "Birthmark: a bi-lingual
anthology
>of Armenian-American poetry" published in 1999.
>Recently, Ms. Demirdjian completed her second year in residence at the Alex
>Theatre in Glendale where she co-created and taught "Poetic Generations" a
>program that brings poetry to youth and seniors.  Demirdjian has taught
>poetry in schools, libraries, and community centers throughout Los Angeles
>since 1991.
>
>
>For further information, please contact:
>
>Holly Jerger
>Education and Community Outreach Director
>Craft and Folk Art Museum
>
>5814 Wilshire Blvd.
>Los Angeles, CA 90036
>
>t: (323) 937-4230 x28
>f: (323) 937-5576
>
>holly at cafam.org

Maurya Simon

Professor
Department of Creative Writing
University of California Riverside
900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92521-0318

TEL. (951) 827-2006 (office)

FAX: (951) 827-3619