Juneau poets and artists are invited to create poetry broadsides for a May 2016 exhibit at KTOO. The exhibit is sponsored by an informal group of local poets, artists, and calligraphers.
Poetry broadsides are prints of poems with visual imagery. Usually they are a collaboration between a poet and an illustrator, with both signing the work, but poet and illustrator can be one and the same. For the purposes of this exhibit, the poetry broadside will be an original poem by a Juneau poet with original visual imagery also by a Juneauite. Previously published poems or artwork may be used; the harmony of the work is important.
Submissions will consist of four or more reproductions of the original piece on stiff paper such as 80# card stock, preferably larger than letter-size. (Local copy shops can reproduce work up to about 13×19 inches.) They will be offered for sale at a modest price to benefit KTOO. Artists and poets keep and use the originals as they wish. Unsold copies will revert to those who submitted them.
For the show, one broadside will be temporarily mounted for hanging and display for the month of May. The sponsors will work out details of mounting with the artists, prepare the labels and hang the show.
All local poets/artists/calligraphers/designers are welcome to participate, and organizers will endeavor to hang all submissions.
The deadline for submission is April 26.
If you are interested in submitting or have questions, contact: Sarah Isto, 586-8992, isto.sarah@gmail.com, or Richard Stokes, 957-2405, rastokes6@gmail.com
