Museum of Art and History’s Poetry and Book Festival

Dive beneath the printed word at an evening featuring the most impressive poetry and book arts in Santa Cruz County.

Enjoy poetry readings from powerful new voices as well as some of the county’s most seasoned and sublime. Make paper, bind booklets, drip ink and transform the printed page into book art sculptures, envelopes, guerrilla art books and book mobiles. By the end of the night, you’ll be convinced that there’s much more to the story than meets the eye.

Poetry for the People: Poetry Readings hosted by Poetry Santa Cruz and Cabrillo College (6:15pm)

Participatory Workshops

Engage in Poetry in a Time of Division with Cabrillo College students. Art can cross-political divides and heal the soul. In order to celebrate the creative spirit, Cabrillo College students will read their own poems while hosting a poetry table where students will write “Poems on Demand” and inspire participants to write poems and create mini-books.

Build a collective narrative with artist Veronica Wang’s Cyanotype Dreams. Each print will serve to capture a memory or thought that haunts you. Write your own story and create a series of cyanotypes that captures sociological hauntings.

Create a children’s book through community collaboration, inspiring laughter and sharing ridiculous jokes with Giggling Geckos author Thecla Campbell.

There are many more workshops, poetry exercises and classes. Join us!