Thanks to video production team Angela Cochran and Tony Evans, the January 8 Celebration of Poetry was recorded for all to enjoy. So, in case you missed this event or would like to see it again, you may watch it here. On January 8, 2023, 'Poetry Moves,' created by nonprofit Artstra [...]
'Poetry Moves,' created by nonprofit Artstra in partnership with C-Tran, will honor poets who have engaged, delighted, and inspired riders with poems on buses since 2016. This multifaceted celebration of poetry (a free public event) will take place Sunday, January 8, 2023, from 1–3 p.m. at Magenta Theater, 1108 Main St., in downtown Vancouver. Washington [...]
Clark County Poet Laureate Armin Tolentino offers a free generative writing workshop, titled Seedlings. The workshop will take place Saturday, December 17 at Cascade Presbyterian Church from 10 - 11 am. Space is limited at this event, and RSVP is required. Recommended age is 16 and up. RSVP here.
Arts Alive! celebrated second year presenting local arts organizations Saturday, September 17 brought creative types from across Clark County together for the second annual Arts Alive! festival at the Public Service Plaza in downtown Vancouver. The event, produced through the collaboration of Artstra, the Clark County Arts Commission, the Columbia Arts Network, and the Southwest [...]
Whats happening in the arts this coming year? Find out about all the wonderful and inspiring arts events for 2022-23 at the second annual Arts Alive! arts info fair this Saturday, September 17, from noon to 4 at the Public Service Center Plaza on 1300 Franklin in downtown Vancouver. This year's performances will showcase the [...]
Start watching for new poems to appear on C-Tran buses This season is exciting for many reasons. Of course the poems are varied and surprising and thought provoking. Every bus has 2 poems on overhead channel cards and since every bus takes a different route each day it doesn't take long to read all the [...]
Artstra is still accepting submissions for Season 12 of its Poetry Moves program, for a new group of poems to be showcased on C-Tran buses. The program welcomes poets of any age living in the Vancouver-Portland regional area served by C-Tran. A maximum of two poems may be submitted, each of which must not exceed [...]
Vancouver poet Armin Tolentino has been selected as Clark County Poet Laureate, 2021-2023. Armin is the author of the poetry collection We Meant to Bring It Home Alive (Alternating Current Press). He earned an MFA in Creative Writing at Rutgers Newark and his work has been published in numerous literary journals including Common Knowledge, Arsenic [...]
Poetry Moves Season 10 poems are now on C-Tran buses. This latest group of poems highlights the diversity of voices among ten local area poets invited by Artstra to offer short poems to share with the riding public. Poetry Moves is an Artstra program developed in partnership with C-Tran. Season 10 poets are Tiel Aisha [...]
Season 8 poems are now being installed on C-Tran buses and will be on display July through December. Congratulations to all Season 8 poets! Artstra thanks Clark County Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Morgan and poets Gay Garland Reed and Morgan Hutchinson for their work in selecting nine poems from more than 70 submissions from K-12 students [...]