Congratulations to all who participated in our Young Poets Day on Wednesday, August 19.
Photographs by Morrow Jones.
Congratulations to all who participated in our Young Poets Day on Wednesday, August 19.
Photographs by Morrow Jones.
Moments captured at Outspoken Celebration of Asian Poetry on Sunday, August 9, at Hill-Stead Museum.
Photographs by Morrow Jones.
Hill-Stead hosts a culturally-rich weekend of Asian poetry, art, music, and conversation. For the complete details and a schedule, see Outspoken Celebration in our calendar.
Celebrate the joy of poetry at Hill-Stead as we:
A wonderful article about Rennie McQuilkin, the new Connecticut poet laureate and founder of the Hill-Stead Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, appeared in the Hartford Courant on July 29, 2015. Follow the link below to read:
Connecticut’s New Poet Laureate Wants Poetry To Be Part Of Mainstream Culture – Hartford Courant >
To purchase tickets, see our calendar.
On Sunday, July 12th, Sunken Garden Poetry Festival rates will apply all day for admission: $12 in advance on-line, $15 at the gate. Admission includes guided tours of Hill-Stead from 10 am – 1 pm, or a self-guided Open House from 1 – 4 pm.
Before you attend the 2015 Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, get in the spirit by watching readings from last year. Simsbury TV has posted five half-hour excerpts from the 2014 Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. To see all of them, visit Simsbury TV.
Fresh Voices finalists read their poetry for a panel of judges on Friday in Hill-Stead’s Makeshift Theater, in front of 60 family members, friends, and supporters. At the conclusion of the readings, the judges deliberated for some time and revealed the five winners. “This year’s Fresh Voices submissions were some of the best this competition has seen,” said Executive Director and CEO, and Fresh Voices Judge Susan Ballek. “Congratulations to the Fresh Voices Finalists and Winners and thank you to all the students who participated, and to the teachers and parents who support them.” The Fresh Voices Poetry Competition provides Connecticut high school poets the experience of a lifetime, while offering students the opportunity to write and prepare poems suitable for presentation and publication.
The five winners will participate in a performance workshop with professional poets on May 31st, and their poetry will be published in a chapbook by Antrim House Press. Winners will also share the podium with Nationally-Recognized Poets Natalie Diaz and Aja Monet on August 19th, reading their own work before a large, receptive audience in the breathtaking Sunken Garden at Hill-Stead Museum! For more information see CT Young Poet’s Day.
Hill-Stead Museum recently hosted Eve of Poetry in the Libraries to kick off the 2015 Live Poets Society appeal, which benefits our beloved Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. This was the very first time Hill-Stead held a benefit event in the historic libraries. About forty lucky guests enjoyed an hour of live jazz, wine, and hors d’oeuvres as they mingled with new and old friends, and toured the museum at their leisure.
Then a very special reading of Hill-Stead’s own poetry collection commenced. The delicate books were handled with care by members of our Poetry Advisory Committee, who served as opening poets for the event.
To join Live Poets Society and to enjoy its many benefits, see our Support the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Page, or contact Lisa Lappe, Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Manager at lappel@hillstead.org or 860-677-4787 x111; or Susan Orred, Director of Development at orreds@hillstead.org or 860-677-4787 x131.
Thank you Deborah Key Mundair, Morrow Jones, and John Stanizzi for donating their photography and videography services to Eve of Poetry in the Libraries.
CONGRATULATIONS FINALISTS!
Hill-Stead Museum’s Sunken Garden Poetry Festival is thrilled to announce the 2015 Fresh Voices Student Poetry Competition FINALISTS!
THANK YOU to all the students who participated in the competition, and to the teachers and parents who support them.
The Fresh Voices Poetry Competition provides Connecticut high school poets the experience of a lifetime, while offering students the opportunity to write and prepare poems suitable for presentation and publication.
Fresh Voices finalists will read their poetry for a panel of judges on April 24th at 6:00 pm. At the conclusion of the readings, 4 to 6 winners will be announced.
The winners will participate in a performance workshop with professional poets on May 31st, and their poetry will be published in a chapbook by Antrim House Press. Winners will share the podium with nationally-recognized poets Natalie Diaz and Aja Monet on August 19th, reading their own work before a large, receptive audience in the breathtaking Sunken Garden at Hill-Stead Museum!
Please call Kate Ebner at 860.677.4787 x142 for more information.