Poetry

Poetry

January Literary Artist of the Month – Christine Howey

Christine Howey is a performance poet, theater critic, playwright, actor and director. Her one person play, Exact Change, was an official selection of both the New York International Fringe Festival (as a play) and the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival (as a film).…

Traveling Ekphrastacy

December 1 at 6:00p.m. Join Heights Poet Laureate Siaara Freeman, Calil Cage, Jeremy Jusek, and Michelle R. Smith as they respond to Valley Art Center’s 52nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition. Location: Valley Art Center, 155 Bell St, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022

Rolling Open Call for Poets

  If you are a poet in Northeast Ohio, we welcome your application to perform in the Heights Arts EKPHRASTACY Series.   About Ekphrastacy The Ekphrastacy literary program is a series of artist talks + poetry readings held regularly in the Heights…

A Poem for Cleveland – Book Release and Celebration

Saturday, June 24th from 2pm-4pm Cleveland Public Library – Main Branch Heights Arts is pleased to celebrate the maginificent work of our most recent exiting Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate. His current project, A Poem for Cleveland showcases  a “mosaic” of Cleveland –…

Heights Arts Appoints Eleventh Poet Laureate

HEIGHTS ARTS APPOINTS 11TH HEIGHTS POET LAUREATE Heights Arts proudly presents the Heights’ eleventh Poet Laureate —Siaara Freeman. She began her two-year term in April 2023, joining a long line of celebrated laureates, the most recent of whom was 2022 Academy of…

Literary Artist of the Month – March: Michael Loderstedt

Michael Loderstedt is a Professor Emeritus of Kent State University where he also served as Interim Director of the School of Art. He continues to explore new studio and writing projects that investigate the geography, histories or natural phenomena of particular sites and…