9097 State Route 30\r\nPO Box 99 : 9097 State Route 30, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 12812
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
12:00 - 4:00 pm - Join Visiting Writer Erin Dorney from the Adirondack Center for Writing to learn more about ACWs Poetry Machinethe kind you might spend two quarters to get a bouncy ball, sticky hand, or small plastic alien from in the vestibule of a convenience store. With ACWs repurposed machine, you can get your very own poem for freeno quarters necessary.
After checking out the machine (yes, it will be there in person!), Dorney will host an open, drop-in workshop on cut-up poetry, where text from discarded books, magazines, and newspapers is physically cut up and rearranged to create a poem. Think collagebut with words! Participants will make cut-up poems and fold them to put inside the machine and be shared with readers across the Adirondack region.
All supplies provided. No writing experience required.
About the Artist:
Erin Dorney is the author of Grating, Darling, Full of Dirt (Common Meter Press) and I Am Not Famous Anymore: Poems After Shia LaBeouf (Mason Jar Press). Through the CRNY Artist Employment Program, she currently serves as Visiting Writer at The Adirondack Center for Writing. Erin has been published in Autofocus, Tolka, HAD, and elsewhere. Her literary artwork and installations have been featured at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Hennepin Theatre Trust, the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, and Susquehanna Art Museum. Erin is the co-founder of Fear No Lit and lives in Saranac Lake. www.erindorney.com
The Festival Commons at Charles R. Wood Park, located at the southern end of historic Lake George, is an ideal location for your next event. With panoramic views of “The Queen of American Lakes,” event-goers can also take advantage of all that Lake George has to offer in terms of activities and sight-seeing, all within a very short walk from the grounds. The beauty and proximity of The Festival Commons at Charles R. Wood Park in Lake George offers something unique for each season and every occasion.
This facility is available to rent for your event and includes the following amenities: Three picnic pavilions, handicapped accessible public restrooms.horse coral, RV electric and water (no septic) and outdoor lighting.
The Cool Insuring Arena, a 4794 seat multi-purpose facility, is the home of the Adirondack Thunder, a professional hockey team that plays in the ECHL. The arena is also the host to numerous concerts, family shows, and other entertainment. Please visit us at www.coolinsuringarena.com for further information.
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