Colorful Language opened 3/28 at the Elkton Arts Center with a reading by Erin Murphy from her newest book of poetry: Dislocations and Other Theories (available now!)The poet Lee Upton has this to say about the book: Erin Murphy is a sly, funny, clear-eyed poet whose poems close with the satisfying ringing sound of deft ironies sliding into place. She has the courage of her idiosyncrasies, a pitch-perfect ear, and the confidence to probe the more tender hypocrisies of our culture. It's just like her to tell us something we didn't know we knew.
Well, now we know. This is a marvelous book.
There were tons of people there, squashed in to see the artwork and hear the poetry, scads and scads of new faces and old
(and some very pink!) to the Arts Council..there was so much darn joie de vivre you could cut it with a knife, though who would want to with so many other yummy things to eat at the reception? There are splendid watercolors by
Donna Winterling in the two front galleries of the Elkton Arts Center; her solo show, Colored with Water runs in conjunction with Colorful Language. Winterling is eloquent about the inspiration for her work: There is so much beauty in this county! I love working with watercolors to capture that beauty, I find that the special qualities of this medium achieve it best - there is something about the transparency of the colors and the effects that can be achieved through layering it that seem to shimmer on the page... Both artists were featured in the Jumpstart section of the 3/28 edition of the Cecil Whig, so buy it now!In addition, a variety of community artists stepped up to the challenge of Colorful Language, with a taste of their works pictured here..
You must, you simply must come by to see the work... or check out the CCAC website to find out more about the wide variety of artistic offerings and possibilities open to all in the county and beyond.
xo
MMC
