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BRIGHT HILL PRESS & LITERARY CENTER SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 2018 FEBRUARY 22, 7 PM WORD THURSDAYS – SPECIAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH READING Open mic reading celebrating Black History month, hosted by Sierra Sangetti-Daniels. Sierra Sangetti Daniels is a Grant Writer-Administration Assistant Intern for Bright Hill Press and Literary Center of the Catskills. She is currently a senior at the State University of New York at Oneonta where she is studying Communications with a focus in Journalism. Sierra is a freelance writer for The Daily Star regional newspaper where she covers various events and channels her millennial enthusiasm into a personal column. She additionally writes profiles, features, and thrifty finds pieces for Upstate Life magazine. In her free time, she is an advocate for equality and overall kindness. Sierra is originally from Brooklyn, NY, and plans to return to the big city upon graduation next Spring. MARCH 22, 7 PM WORD THURSDAYS – SPECIAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH READING Open mic attendees invited to bring 5-7 minutes of writing about and for women. Hosted by Sierra Sangetti-Daniels. Sierra Sangetti-Daniels is a Grant Writer-Administration Assistant Intern for Bright Hill Press and Literary Center of the Catskills. MARCH 24, 3-5 PM ARIAH MITCHELL FUNDRAISER Bright Hill is proud to host a Book Swap Fundraiser for one of our long-time students, Ariah Mitchell, as she prepares for her upcoming trip to Spain with the Edmeston Central School Spanish Club. We are asking for the support of book-lovers and community members to help fund this life changing, educational excursion for this exceptional young woman. At the book swap, you are invited to share your favorite book, in support of Ariah. 1. A small entry fee donation is suggested. 2. Bring a favorite book to share. We will provide you with a note card to put inside the cover explaining why you love the book you brought. 3. Chat and enjoy refreshments, while you look through the books. 4. Each person chooses a book to bring home. For more information on the itinerary visit: https://www2.educationaltravel.com/My-Account/My- Tours/TourCenter/Fundraiser.aspx?ref=DJ4248 BRIGHT HILL PRESS & LITERARY CENTER SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 2018 MARCH 26-30, 9 AM - 2:30 PM BHLC SPRING YOUTH WORKSHOP – BEOWULF AND OTHER ANGLO-SAXON TALES & RIDDLES FOR TODAY Taught by Master Teaching Artist, Bertha Rogers: we will watch a Beowulf video based on Bertha Rogers' translation and production of Beowulf (the only epic poem in Anglo-Saxon), then choose characters (Beowulf, Grendel, the dragon, etc.) and objects (swords, shields) to study and create in words, papier mache, and pop-ups. We will learn to recite excerpts from the Beowulf epic in Anglo- Saxon and present our projects and recitations to parents and friends. Cost: $120, which includes morning & afternoon snacks (students bring a bag lunch) (Delaware Academy students, full scholarships; full and partial scholarships for Delaware and Otsego County students). APRIL 15, 3 - 5 PM WORD AND IMAGE GALLERY EXHIBIT OPENING – APRIL 15-27 DANIELLE THOMAS & BRANDON BELASKI, AND JANE HIGGINS Danielle Thomas (Long Island, NY) is a student at The State University of New York (SUNY), College at Oneonta. She is finishing up her BS in Computer Art and will be graduating in May 2018. Danielle was recently awarded the Jean Parish Scholarship for Art Award. This competitive scholarship was only awarded to a small number of applicants that were carefully reviewed and selected by a jury of Art professors. The committee noted her excellent progress as a student, artist, and as a vibrant member of our creative and academic community. Danielle has also been featured in the Annual Student Art Show multiple times and has qualified for the Dean's and Provost List. Danielle is originally from Long Island and looks forward to pursuing a career in the design industry back home or in NYC. Brandon Belaski (Oneonta, NY) is a student at The State University of New York (SUNY), College at Oneonta. He is pursuing a BS degree in Computer Art. Brandon's commencement is in early May 2018. Focusing mainly on User Interface design, Brandon creates mobile app designs as well as websites. He and his partner, Danielle Thomas, were awarded the Martin-Mullen Art Gallery exhibition in Fall 2017, where he showcased his work by way of hands-on interaction with the viewer. Users were able to scan QR codes to view mobile websites as well as mobile mockup apps. Danielle and Brandon are former advanced web design interns at Bright Hill. They most recently exhibited their work in a group show titled Designing for User in the Martin-Mullen Gallery. Jane Higgins (Gilbertsville, NY): Jane was born and raised in Sidney, in Upstate NY. She began drawing at an early age due to the influence of her mother, portrait artist Louise Higgins. She majored in fine art at SUNY Oneonta, studying drawing, watercolor painting, oil painting, and printmaking. She also studied art history, sculpture, and fresco painting at the University of Siena, Italy. After receiving BRIGHT HILL PRESS & LITERARY CENTER SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 2018 her BA in 1980, she relocated to Southern California, where she pursued a career in graphic art and typography. In 1994, she and her late husband, Albert Caranci, moved back to upstate NY, eventually settling in Gilbertsville. From 1998 through 2010, she operated an art gallery out of the studio in her carriage barn. In 1993, during a bout of unemployment, she began to experiment with collage. She began by piecing together items from packages her mother had sent over the years: autumn leaves, pressed flowers, bird feathers, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Then she began to incorporate images she had cut out of magazines and calendars. She found this previously unexplored medium completely absorbing and intensely therapeutic. Collage allows her to express her unique artistic vision in a way that no other medium ever has. She is fascinated with finding new meanings through the unexpected juxtaposition of images into new compositions. She experiences self-discovery by sorting through levels of meaning in images through free association. Jane believes that art should be fun, so humor is an important aspect. Part of the joy of collage occurs when one compositional idea will “morph” into an entirely new direction. Inspiration for her work draws on Greek myths, the Bible, fairy tales, Shakespearean plays, modern life, and autobiographical elements. She has shown her award- winning collages in galleries throughout the region, including three solo exhibits at the Art Mission in Binghamton; Bright Hill, Treadwell; and the Chenango County Council of the Arts. Her work has also been shown at the Cooperstown Art Association, the Smithy-Pioneer Gallery, The Roxbury Arts Group, the Kirkland Art Center, Clinton; and at the Kubiak Gallery, UCCCA, in Oneonta; and is in private collections in NY, Los Angeles, Seattle, St. Louis, Las Vegas, and Paris, France. APRIL 12, 7 PM WORD THURSDAYS – HOSTED BY SIERRA SANGETTI-DANIELS, FEATURING BRUCE BENNETT NATIONAL POETRY MONTH Bruce Bennett (Aurora, NY) is the author of ten full-length collections of poetry and more than 30 poetry chapbooks. His most recent book is Just Another Day in Just Our Town / Poems: New And Selected, 2000-2016 (Orchises Press, 2017). His first New And Selected, Navigating The Distances, also from Orchises, was chosen by Booklist as “One Of The Top Ten Poetry Books Of 1999.” His most recent chapbooks are Our Rough Beast / The Year of Trump (FootHills Publishing, 2017), and First Reader (Wells College Press, 2017). After receiving his PhD from Harvard in 1967, he taught at Oberlin College from 1967-70, where he co-founded and served as an editor of Field: Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. In 1970, he co-founded and served as an editor of Ploughshares. In 1973, he began teaching at Wells College in Aurora, NY, where he served as Chair of the English Department, directed the Visiting Writers Series, and helped found and was Director of the Wells College Book Arts Center and Wells College Press. He received a Pushcart Prize in 2012. In 2014, he retired from teaching, and is now Professor Emeritus of English. In 2015, he was the recipient of the first annual Writing the Rockies Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Creative Writing. The website for his latest full-length book, Just Another Day in Just Our Town is www.justanotherdayinjustourtown.com. BRIGHT HILL PRESS & LITERARY CENTER SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 2018 APRIL 26, 7 PM WORD THURSDAYS – FEATURING WILLIAM A. GREENFIELD – NATIONAL POETRY MONTH William A. Greenfield (Sullivan County, NY) grew up some 40 miles north of NYC in the small hamlet of Montrose, NY, where he learned how to play baseball, climb trees, and make change at the local supermarket. He first began to write poetry while attending the SUNY Plattsburgh. For years after that, his writing became only an occasional dabbling. At the urging of his daughter, he once again delved into the world of poetry in more recent years to the point where it became a regular part of his existence. His poems can be found in dozens of journals including The Westchester Review, Carve Magazine, Tar River Poetry, and many others. In 2012, he won Storyteller Magazine’s People’s Choice Award. His chapbook, Momma’s Boy Gone Bad, was published in February 2017 by Finishing Line Press. He resides in Sullivan County, NY, in the middle of the woods and he likes it there. MAY 6, 3 - 5 PM WORD AND IMAGE GALLERY EXHIBIT OPENING – MAY 6 - 25 CLAIRE OWEN AND MICHELLE CASTLEBERRY Michelle Castleberry’s (Philadelphia, PA) work has appeared in publications including Umbrella, Poemeleon, The Anthology of Southern Poetry: Vol.