Poetry Center San Jose and Arts Council Silicon Valley present the second annual
Poetry Invitational
hosted by Nils Peterson, Santa Clara County's poet laureate
- When
- Sat Apr 9, 2011
- Where
- San Jose Museum of Art
- Time
- 1-3pm
- Cost
- $5 - $8
- Tags
- Theater, Spoken Word, Museums, Modern Art Museums, Literary Arts, Writers
Description
In celebration of National Poetry Month, Nils Peterson, Santa Clara County's first poet laureate, has invited ten other Bay Area poets to visit the Museum and write poems inspired by the art on view. Participating poets will be: Len Anderson of Santa Cruz; Sally Ashton of Los Gatos (the 2011 poet laureate of Santa Clara County); Niki Escobar of Milpitas; Parthenia Hicks of Los Gatos; Persis Karim of Berkeley; David Perez of Campbell, Doren Robbins of Santa Cruz; and Vuong Vu of San Jose.The San Jose Museum of Art, in collaboration with Poetry Center San Jose and Arts Council Silicon Valley, presents the Second Annual Poetry Invitational on Saturday, April 9, 2011, from 1pm to 3pm. The reading is free with Museum admission.
SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART
The San Jose Museum of Art is located at 110 South Market Street in downtown San Jose, California. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for students and senior citizens, and free to members and children under 6. For more information, call 408-271-6840 or visit http://www.SanJoseMuseumofArt.org.
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Programs at the San Jose Museum of Art are generously supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, by operating support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation; the James Irvine Foundation; the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; the Adobe Foundation; and the Koret Foundation; the MetLife Foundation; and a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San Jose.
More Info
- Link
- http://www.SanJoseMuseumofArt.org
- Call
- 408.271.6840
- Contact Form (account required)
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