First Thursday Art Rush:
Join downtown businesses in a celebration of art and the community
for First Thursday Art Rush – an ongoing collaborative
downtown event. Many businesses stay open late, while the art
galleries host special exhibits. Walk Santa Fe for food, shopping,
art, and more. Held the first Thursday of every month between
5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Mobile Writing Workshops – July 18-22 and July 25-29; Downtown Salina: Join writer Lori Brack for a series of street workshops in a variety of outdoor plazas and indoor sites twice a day. Morning workshops will encourage energetic expression and imaginative word-play with a focus on kids ages 8 to 12. Evening workshops will be geared to middle school and high school aged writers, but everyone is welcome.
Sources for writing will include sculptures and the rich word environment on Santa Fe Avenue, as well as pages from newspapers, street sounds, photographs, and interesting mystery objects.
Selections from on-the-spot writing will be transcribed in a variety of ways and exhibited on the street for a brief period as sidewalk chalk sentences or
tree-hanging poems, pen pal poems, and other temporary forms. Participants may attend one workshop or as many as they like during the two weeks.
Lori Brack is a college instructor and writer whose poems have appeared in national journals. Her chapbook A Fine Place to See The Sky, based on her grandfather's 1917-1922 farming journals was published in the fall of 2010. She has led writing workshops for adults and students in Salina and the region for many years.
This workshop is presented by Salina Arts and Humanities, a department of the City of Salina; through the support of the L.P. "Pat" Mullen grant of the Greater Salina Community Foundation; and is an outreach project of the "Arty" mobile arts van.
See schedule and information (Brack Flyer 2011.pdf) or email sahc@salina.org or call Salina Arts and Humanities, 785.309.5770.
