Professional artist Marilyn Yanke who has attended several sessions of Art Workshop International continues to surprise me. The latest is that she has combined a poem with a portrait. Here are both:

Girl Child

Girl Child, A shadow ago,
Share not your hopes, your ribbon of unnamed dreams.

Tasting flower’s morning dew, oh, butterfly’s here too.
My face among patches of blue, upon earth, puddles drew.
Whirling, giant rabbit, now white cat, wind’s magic hat.
My path lays before me, dare I dream it to be!

Wearing my dictated coat, cold or hot, do what I am told.
My face shows not my heart, I am more than pretty art.
Crying to let my spirit fly, others saying don’t even try!
My being sheds this despair, facade of equality laid bare.

I share my hopes, my ribbon of unnamed dreams.

FootHills Publishing is pleased to announce the release of
Mandala by Diana Woodcock, the 14th book in FootHills Poets on Peace Series.
(Release Date, December

From the book:

FOR LHASA

March 17, 2008 I could not shake
the thought of you in flames.
Throughout the day whispering
the names of those I know still
living in your center, on your
periphery. Felt your misery.
Smelled burning shops, overturned cars,
Chinese flags. Saw smoke rising like

incense over the Potala and Jokhang.
Heard the rumblings of a hundred
tanks moving through your hallowed
streets. Remembered the soldier
who narrowly missed me, knocking
me down-bicycle and body sprawled
on the ground as he sped past laughing.
Today I said it out loud to no one

in particular, to the nameless faces
in the crowd, “I never left you nor
loved any city more.” So tonight
I’ll fill seven prayer bowls, make a
mandala out of Arabian desert sand,
remember as I dangle my feet in Gulf
waters the source of the Ganges,
and wonder if indeed I am a certain

lama’s reincarnation. I’ll take that
long flight back, walk the famished,
enflamed road leading to the holy
city where I’ll rise up like incense,
a faithful wife burning on her husband’s
pyre because I can’t forget
you, most fragile tragic city of Tibet.

Mandala
is a 40 page hand-stitched chapbook.
$10.00

For comments about the book, cover image,
another poem, author bio
or to order on-line go to:
http://foothillspublishing.com/2009/id69.htm

To order through mail send total price plus $1.75 Shipping and Handling
($2.75 in Canada; $5.00 other countries) for each address sent to.
(NYS Residents please add $1.20 Sales Tax per book)

Send orders to:

FootHills Publishing
PO Box 68
Kanona, NY 14856

(This is a one-time only mailing. Your address was supplied by the poet
and will not be used in any other mailing.)

–
***************************
www.foothillspublishing.com
“Never Stop Asking for Poems”

Two cool things!

One: Library Journal has put THE SHANGHAI MOON on their Best of 2009 list! You need to scroll down because it’s not in Fiction, it’s in Genre Fiction. Leaving aside what I think of that division, these are their categories, and I’m thrilled to be there!

Two: I’ve been nominated for a Career Achievement Award by Romantic Times Magazine! By whom? Yup, it’s true. Romantic Times is into Bill and Lydia, I guess. Or Joe and Ann, from IN THIS RAIN. Or that complicated crowd from ABSENT FRIENDS. This info came to me in a PDF, which I’m not smart enough to include here. I can’t find it on their website, but maybe one of you guys can find it and figure out how to link it. In my category, Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense, the other nominees are Patricia Cornwell, Marcia Muller, and Tamar Myers.

From S.J. Rozan - see more about her award-winning mysteries at www.sjrozan.com

Tune in to Great Performances your local PBS station tonight (9 P.M. CST) to see Charles Hobson’s “Harlem in Montmarte: Paris Jazz.” Charles said that he worked on and off 5 years on this project. France took an active interest in the documentary - the French Embassy in NYC had a gala premiere August 12.

For a preview, here’s a link to NYC’s Channel 13.

Next summer Art Workshop International will offer an extraordinary opportunity for aspiring filmmakers to take a class with Charles Hobson, who has won multiple awards for his work. The very limited class will be personally selected by him.

We congratulate Charles on his latest documentary!

Chris Spencer

TURNING HEADS, frocks in flight
a site-specific dance created for Sitelines 09

TURNING HEADS, frocks in flight is an exuberant dance for women inspired by 15 unique “Dresses of Transformation” created by artist Caterina Bertolotto. Colorful and fanciful dresses adorn this celebration of freedom and personal transformation.

Performances at the South Cove of Battery Park
August 3-13th, 2009
M, T, TH @ 12:30pm
W@ 6:30pm
Tickets: FREE

Click on www.lmcc.net or www.rivertoriver.com for more information & directions.

Produced by Sitelines and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
in association with the River to River Festival.

Tell a friend about us

June 15th deadline is extended!
Art Workshop International is unique - more NEWS about our instructors

Edith Isaac-Rose Invited to Teach in China.

“As a member of the Danish group Corners, I am joining 8 other members to teach at an art school in Inner Mongolia.”(more on the blog).

From beginning to professional artists, participants excel under Edith Isaac-Rose’s wise guidance.
Participate in her Drawing Course August 5-18 in Assisi, Italy.
Independent Program, suit your schedule.

Duke University approaches Bea Kreloff.
Historians at The Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture are talking wtih her about her career and archives.
To take Art Making with Bea Kreloff, legendary artist and teacher, is the opportunity of a lifetime.
July 22 to August 18, 2,3, or 4 weeks.

Preview of American Airlines magazine article about Art Workshop International by alumna Linda Stasi (”New York Post” columnist, author, and TV host).

More about our Visual Arts, Creative Writing, Italian language, and culinary arts
on www.artworkshopintl.com. Email info@artworkshopintl.com.
You can also apply online.

Art Workshop International - the 29th year!
Join us this summer in Assisi, Italy
July 22- August 18, 2009: 2, 3, and 4-week sessions
Live and Work in a 12th-Century Hill Town
Respond to this email and you will still qualify for early-bird enrollment.

Critiques, lectures, field trips, and visiting artists
Beautifully situated 3-star hotel, air-conditioned room and bath, two meals, studio

Independent Program for professional and advanced artists and writers.
Work on your project, have one-on-one consultations.

For more information: Art Workshop International

463 West Street, 1028H, New York, NY 10014
Toll Free: 866-341-2922 Fax: 212-691-1159
E-Mail: info@artworkshopintl.com

EDITH ISAAC-ROSE, BEA KRELOFF, CHRIS SPENCER, DIRECTORS

To no longer receive our newsletter

Sandra Perlow consulted with Edith Isaac-Rose in Assisi, Italy, last summer as an Independent Artist. We’re pleased to announce her upcoming Exhibition at the Linda Warren Gallery June 26th to August 15th. If you’re in Chicago, Illinois, stop in at her Opening Reception on Friday June 26th, from 6 P.M. to 9 P.M. The address is 1052 W. Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607. Her website is sandraperlow.net.

Sandra wrote to me recently: “I want to put one of the pieces I did in Asissi in my show at Linda Warrens gallery. I wrote an artist statement for the show, which mentioned a connection to the light around religious figures and light emanating from different types of light fixtures.”

Check out the BookHampton Big Mystery Festival.
Events will be held at our BookHampton Stores in Amagansett, East Hampton, Southampton, and Sag Harbor. All authors’ events combine readings, discussion and book signings.

SATURDAY MAY 16th - Here’s the events where S.J. Rozan will be!

11:00 AM
In East Hampton:
“What Did I Do To Deserve This? …Choosing a Victim.”
LEE CHILD, ALAFAIR BURKE,
CHRIS GRABENSTEIN, S. J. ROZAN

In Amagansett:
“When Women Got the Gun: Early Women Mystery Writers”
Discussing Agatha Christie, Anna Katherine Green, Dorothy Sayers,
Ngaio Marsh, Nancy Drew’s M. Benson….
S. J. ROZAN, MEGAN ABBOTT, ALAFAIR BURKE

Also check S.J. Rozan’s website, www.sjrozan.com

I am pleased to introduce Charles Hobson, acclaimed Emmy and Golden Eagle award winning film producer, who will be a visiting artist at Art Workshop International this summer. You can see and hear him at MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art), on June 2, 2009, 7 P.M. at the Celeste Bartos Theatre 3. The program “Conversations Among Friends” presented by the Friends of Education will feature Harlem in Montmarte, Paris Jazz (Hobson’s production premiering in August) and a Special Musical Guest performance. More information about his illustrious career under Art Workshop’s Creative Writing.