The Arts Council for Wyoming County Presents:

Poetry Jam and Coffee House 

Come Read, Dance, Drum, Stomp, or Shout your Poetry
Saturday, April 24, 2021
in a
Poetry Jam Celebration & Coffee House
at
Biblio-Tech CaféORby Zoom link

We invite local writers to submit work on our 2021 theme Broken. 

The Arts Council for Wyoming County (ACWC) invites writers, teenage and adult, to come read, dance, drum, stomp, or shout your poetry on Saturday, April 24! In celebration of Poetry Month, ACWC Marketing and PR Specialist Allison Hamilton will be hosting an open mic at the Biblio-Tech Café. 

The event is free and you can either join the jam in person at Biblio-Tech Café located 2 South Main Street in Perry, NY or by Zoom. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, reservations are required and social distancing protocols will be observed. Make your reservations now for one of the two sessions: 6:30 – 7:30 or 7:30 – 8:30 pm, or request the Zoom link at the email below.  Each poet will be given a 5 minute time slot to read their work and we encourage poets to write on our 2021 theme ‘Broken’. 

Musical guest Elise Kelly will join us via Zoom. There will be door prizes and the presentation of the Abby Sparling Poetry Competition Awards. 

Individuals are also invited to submit by email one original poem related to our 2021 theme, “Broken,” by April 17. Email your original poem with the subject heading: BROKEN POETRY CONTEST to pr@artswco.org to be entered in the contest.

For over forty years, the Arts Council for Wyoming County (ACWC) has created opportunities to bring arts into their rural communities through programming, grants, and art events. Located on Main Street Perry, the ACWC has produced the Letchworth Arts and Crafts Show, one of the largest and highest-rated shows in the region. The ACWC is also Wyoming County’s NYSCA Decentralization Site for Community Arts Grants. For more information on membership or advocacy in the arts, please visit www.artswyco.org.