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Doann Houghton

admin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:13:24 +0000

Doann Houghton – poet and author

Artist Summary: I am a poet and an author of nonfiction. To support this habit, I am also an editor, ghostwriter, and indexer with extensive experience with academic books and historical novels, as well as other types of writing.

Copies of Dancing Fish, Doann’s chapbook published in November 2011 by Pudding House Publications, are available from Doann directly, ordered from her website, or purchased at The Book Haven. It’s an evocative collection of narrative nonfiction and poetry excerpts from her forthcoming book about her ten-year circumnavigation.

Category: Writing

Discipline: Poet and nonfiction author

Mailing Address:
Doann Houghton
12798 County Road 261 P
Nathrop, CO 81236

Phone: 719-839-0875

website: doannhoughton.com

Email: doannhoughtongmailcom

Carol LoCastro

admin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:45:47 +0000

Carol LoCastro – member of the Shavano Poets for about six years

Artist Summary: A part time resident of Salida, I have been a member of the Shavano Poets for about six years. I also do hand building in a clay studio in Green Valley, Arizona, where I spend the winters. Before I retired in 2003, I was a bilingual early childhood teacher in the Denver Public Schools for twenty years.

Discipline: poetry and clay

Website Address: flying-eye.com

Mailing Address:
Carol LoCastro
11880 Happy Jack Lane
Salida, CO 81201

Phone: 719-239-1682

Email: carollocastrogmailcom

Ian Bailey

admin — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 02:17:11 +0000

Ian Bailey – Performance poet
Artist Summary: Performance poet

Category: poetry
Subject: Evolving humanity

Mailing Address:
Ian Bailey
200 Leprechaun Ln.
Howard, CO 81233

Phone: 719.942.4797
Email: treadswellgmailcom

Jessica C. Saunders

admin — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:02:17 +0000

Jessica C. Saunders – I enjoy writing, particularly poetry, and still do a bit of art.

Artist Summary: My passion is in exploring the world of the written word and teachings others the art of poetry writing. I have won many awards in poetry and published three chapbooks.

Discipline: Poetry & Writing

Subject: Poetry

Mailing Address:
Jessica C. Saunders
944 E. Rainbow Blvd. #209
Salida, CO 81201

Phone: 719-539-4561

Email: jfinbarryahoocom

Ed Berg

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:01:31 +0000

Ed Berg – photographer, poet and musician

Ed Berg

Artist Summary: I have been and am still a geologist, am an artist in photographs, line drawings, and sometimes words and tunes.

I am now building solar greenhouses for the renewal of Salida’s local food supply, an art form in itself.

Category: Fine Arts
Discipline: Graphic
Subject: landscapes

Mailing Address:
Ed Berg
1408 K Street
Salida, CO 81201

Phone: 720-201-9809
Email: ebergsekrmsncom

Examples from Ed’s Book – Sand, Wind, and Light.

The book cover

Excerpts from the book

Heather Taylor Johnson

Staff — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:12:47 +0000

Heather Taylor Johnson, I am a poetry editor for Wet Ink magazine and the author of the poetry collection Exit Wounds.

Heather Taylor Johnson

Artist Summary: I am an American ex-pat usually residing in Adelaide, South Australia but living in Salida for all of 2010 on an international teachers’ exchange through my husband’s job. I hold a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Adelaide, am a poetry editor for Wet Ink magazine and the author of the poetry collection Exit Wounds. My work reflects place and identity, and the role of memory. It is very female oriented, often dissecting the dichotomies of motherhood.

Category: writing

Discipline: poetry, fiction

Subject: place, identity, memory, feminine

Website Address: www.heathertaylorjohnson.com

Mailing Address:
420 Creston Ave,
Salida, CO 81201

Phone: 719 539-7887

Email: kingstreet1ozemailcomau

Amongst It

Our nine year itch moved us to the mountains.
Small town, big earth
we breathed it every day:
snow
snow falling
snow sifting, resting, misting upwards
from a sexy wind.
Our waterless lips
were constantly parted
constantly wanting to lap it up.

We became so spontaneous the frozen waterfall
we walked upon, ad-libbed and perfect.
And the night in the lounge after Sunny’s party,
the mess, wood stove, us.

Riotous snowballs melted down
the backs of our knitted necks
and the jolt, the stagger, the interchangeable
skin and liquid ice (liquid ice
and incredible skin).
Something fleeting about it all.

And those mountains –
their permanence.
When we finally looked away we breathed;
it was evergreen, deer dung and snow.
In the end we became asthmatic
because after the mountains
my eyes found yours
and then we gasped
forgetting to breath
forgetting the snow
forgetting even
the mountains.

Ron Slaughter

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:58:44 +0000

Ron Slaughter, Photographer, writer, lapsed guitar player, reader, beer drinker

Category: Visual Artist, Performing Artist, Writer

Discipline: Photography, Newspaper/magazine articles, Nonfiction, Poetry, Instrumental music, Vocal music

Subject: human form, landscape, floral/botanical, folk, abstract/nonrepresentational

Format: Lecture, Demonstration, Workshop, Performance

Media: Film photography, Digital photography, Stringed Instruments

Population: High School, Community College, Continuing Education, Seniors

Volunteer Status: Lecture, Demonstration, Workshop, Performance

Phone Number: 719 539-6018

Mailing Address:
Ron Slaughter
P.O. Box 428
Poncha Springs, CO 81242

email: slauter53yahoocom

LisBeth D. Graham

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:21:28 +0000

LisBeth D. Graham, I am a mixed media, sculptress, who works in metal, copper, raku and ceramics

LisBeth D. Graham

Category: Visual Artist, Writer

Discipline: Sculpture, Newspaper/magazine articles, Poetry, Fine Crafts

Subject: abstract/nonrepresentational

Format: Demonstration, Workshop

Media: Clay/pottery, Metalwork/jewelry, Mixed media, Stone sculpture

Population: Continuing Education, Seniors

Volunteer Status: Demonstration, Workshop

Web Address: Firebrand-Studios.com/

Phone Number: 539-2889

Mailing Address:
LisBeth D. Graham
318 Poncha Blvd.
Salida, CO 81201

Other Information: I have been a professional writer and am currently working on art. I have a masters certificate in creative expression.

email: jazzzy2qcom

Bee Bop by LisBeth D. Graham

Walk in the Woods by Lisbeth Graham

Copper Fusion 2

Laurie James

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:14:25 +0000

Laurie James, I am a poet who brings into focus things that often go unnoticed or situations that others may be able to relate to.

Category: Writer

Discipline: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

Subject: Southwestern/western, history, nature/wildlife

Format: Performance

Volunteer Status: Performance

Mailing Address:
Laurie James
348 W Grand Ave

Salida, CO 81201

email: lauriejames8gmailcom

Brian Rill

admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:32:16 +0000

Brian Rill is a guitarist singger songwriter who has a beautifull voice and powerfull, origionaly composed music.

Category: Performing Artist, Writer

Discipline: Poetry, Instrumental music, Vocal music

Subject: jazz, bluegrass, classical, rock, folk

Format: Workshop, Performance

Media: Stringed Instruments

Volunteer Status: Workshop, Performance

Web Address: http://brianrill.com

Phone Number: 719-539-6922

Mailing Address:

Brian Rill
115 w sackett #6
Salida, CO 81201

Other Information: I also give music lessons and play house concerts

email: brianrillaolcom