Thursday August 29, 2024
Doors open: 5:00PM
5:30PM to 6:15PM
A Reading of Poems with Poet and Painter Jane Shoenfeld
and Special Guest Poet Donald Levering
You are invited to a joint reading of ekphrastic poetry at Strata Gallery in Santa Fe, NM. Ekphrastic poetry explores visual art by addressing the imagery in a painting by inhabiting or interpreting it. The reading will also include relevant slides of art. Q & A will follow along with refreshments.
The poet Donald Levering will be reading several ekphrastic poems including poems he has written in response to Shoenfeld’s paintings in the exhibit.
Here are a few lines from Jane’s ekphrastic poem “No Van Gogh.” This poem was written in response to “The Yellow Scale” by Frantisek Kupka, a Czechoslovakian painter:
The painter yearns to radiate sunflower. He always admired those fringed globes by Van Gogh. — Jane Shoenfeld
ABOUT THE POETS
Jane Shoenfeld’s ekphrastic poem “No Van Gogh” was a finalist in a recent competition through Frontier Poetry. Her poetry has been published in numerous journals, including the Tulip Tree Anthology: Stories that Need to be Told where her poem “Angel in the Dark” won an honorable mention. Her first book of poetry, Petals in the Tunnel, was published in 2021. Jane has also taught art for many years in a variety of settings including SFCC, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and Esalen Institute. She began her own school, Art Adventures in the SW, in 1998 and has continued to teach art to many visitors and private students over the years.
Donald Levering’s recent honors include the Literal Latté Award, the Tor House Foundation Robinson Jeffers Prize, and the Carve Contest Winner. His book, The Water Leveling with Us, placed second in the National Federation of Press Women Creative Verse Book Competition. His 7th book, Coltrane’s God, was Runner-Up for the New England Book Festival Contest in poetry. His poems have appeared in such journals as Bloomsbury Review, Commonweal, Hiram Poetry Review, Hunger Mountain, Notre Dame Review, Poet & Critic, Southern Poetry Review, and Stand. Levering has volunteered with Earthwatch and Enkosini as a species preservation activist and currently volunteers as a US citizenship tutor with Santa Fe Literacy Volunteers.
There is no charge for this event. Gallery doors open at 5:00PM for the 5:30PM reading. Please arrive early so you can be seated before the reading begins at 5:30PM. For more information contact Strata Gallery at art@stratagallerysantafe.com
