VENUS…week 4

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NorthEndArt Gallery and Red Mug Coffeehouse invite you to
What: the 4th event of Venus:  Poets and Fiber Artists Reflect
Intertwined
2 groups of writers, read their poetry
group1)  Rachel Mock, Jennifer Derrick, Tera Freese, Kyle Elden
group 2)  Deborah Cooper, Ann Niedringhaus, Candace Ginsberg, Anne Simpson, Ellie Schoenfeld

When: Sat Oct 11 . 7pm

Where: Red Mug Coffeehouse
1323 Broadway… Corner of Hammond and Broadway… Superior WI

Event Description and Poet Bios
This event  is the 4th in the 7 week series in conjunction with  the collaborative  exhibit Venus:  Poets and Fiber Artists Reflect.

Each of the poets reading on Oct 11,has written poems in collaboration with a textile artist.  These poems are on view with the partnered fiber pieces,  in the NorthEnd Art Gallery and at the Red Mug Coffeehouse.   Each of the poets belongs to a writers group.  Intertwined is an opportunity for those attending  to not only hear the voices of each individual poet, but to honor the weaving of ideas, the learning from each other, that takes place within these 2 groups of writers

Group 1

Rachel Mock is a mama, a kitchen creatrix, and a founding member of the Park Point Hula-Hoop Squad who labors to keep writing, despite being in love, which she finds to be cryptonite for original poetry.  Rachel’s fiber partner is Marge Lindemann, Cumberland WI

Jennifer Derrick loves living in Duluth and feels most inspired to write during the long cold hours of winter, when life becomes slower. But even then, she obviously looks forward to spring and new beginnings, as both her Venus poems illustrate. Jennifer is paired with felt artist Joan Jacobowski, Hayward, WI

Tera Freese is a mother of two, inspired to write by the natural world around us.  Her fiber partner is Kit Eastman, Minneapolis, MN

Kyle Elden lives with her beautiful daughter Stella and fiance Aaron on top Duluth’s hills with a stunning view of the majestic Lake Superior.  She enjoys writing poetry when she finds space to do so among being in Grad school, working, and being a mother. She believes poetry helps untangle the oftentimes messy and beautiful process of life and helps bring clarity, transformation, and connection to all sentient beings. Kyle is paired with paper maker Nancy Daley Lutsen, MN

Group 2

Deborah Cooper is the author of three poetry chapbooks, most recently ‘Between the Ceiling & the Moon’published by Finishing Line Press.  She and her husband Joel, a printmaker, have exhibited their collaborative images throughout the region.  Deborah is paired with artist Brenna Busse, Minneapolis, MN

Ann Floreen Niedringhaus’s poems have been published in two poetry chapbooks, Parallel to the Horizon,  (Pudding Head Publications, 2007) and Life Suspended (Poetry Harbor, 2003) and in numerous journals and anthologies.  Ann, a social worker/nurse, is retired from teaching and advocating for teen parents in the Duluth, MN, school district. Ann’s fiber partner is Leslie Williamson White, Duluth, MN

Candace Ginsberg is a sailor, geographer, aspiring meteorologist, a former stone mason apprentice, and is currently tied to a professorial desk. Candace is teamed with felt artist Kristen Anderson, Bovey, MN

Anne Simpson moved to the Cities three years ago but she couldn’t part with her poet’s group so once a month she drives two hours each way to meet with them at Sara’s Table, share hugs and laughter and wine and sweet potato fries and … oh, by the way … brilliant literary critiques and insights for their writing. She has just published GROWING DOWN, poems for an Alzheimer’s patient ( Calyx Press, 2008 )

Ellie Schoenfeld is a poet native to Duluth, MN. She is the author of two collections of poetry and is part of an anthology with the four other women in her writing group. Schoenfeld enjoys collaborating with
artists of other genres, especially musicians. Her work is featured along with the music of some of her favorite musicians on the CDs “Personal Ad” , “Almost Through the Rinse Cycle”, and “Taking It Off.”
Ellie is paired with bead and fiber artist Jo Wood, Duluth, MN

Event is free and open to the public.

Funded in part by grants from the Community Opportunity Fund of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation and the Wisconsin Arts Board.

For more information contact:

Arna at 715.392.6007 or
info@neartscouncil.org
Erika Mock at 715.392.1150
www.neartscouncil.org

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