February 4 - February 5, 2025
Presented By: Catamount Arts
Tuesday, February 4, 10am-noon
Tuesday, February 4, 5-7pm
Wednesday, February 5, 10am-noon
Wednesday, February 5, 5-7pm
Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Avenue
St. Johnsbury
Instructor: Katie Moritz
Do you belong here?
Why?
Why not?
In preparation for PoemTown St. Johnsbury 2025 – a community-wide celebration of National Poetry Month that takes place in April – join poet Katie Moritz for a FREE poetry workshop on the theme of BELONGING. Writers who choose to submit their poems to PoemTown St Johnsbury will have them displayed in storefronts throughout April.
Open to all community members – no poetry experience needed! Participants can choose from one of four workshop times. Admission is FREE, but you must register online via our new class portal HERE, or by calling the box office at 802-748-2600, ext. 3.
The workshops are part of a community-wide writing project, Paper Chains, which is funded in part by an Arts and Social Cohesion grant from the Vermont Community Foundation. The aim of Paper Chains is to build connections among community members by writing about the experience of belonging (or not belonging), and inviting those whose voices are not generally heard to participate. In addition to offering the public workshops, we will be working with Writers for Recovery and also training staff and volunteers from a wide range of community agencies to lead writing workshops for their clients and constituents.
PoemTown St. Johnsbury is a collaborative project of Catamount Arts, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, and Discover St. Johnsbury, and is affiliated with Kellogg-Hubbard Library’s PoemCity.
Katie Moritz is a published poet and nonfiction author, and her fiction work has been nominated for a prestigious Pushcart Prize. Katie has over a decade of experience in writing and communication. Prior to her position as the Communication Liaison at NVRH, she has served as an editor of a weekly paper, a manager of an assisted living facility, and an educator for at-risk youth and first generation college students. While pursuing a master’s degree in writing and literature at Dartmouth, she founded a graduate student journal, and in turn served as its editor-in-chief. She currently lives in Vermont’s rural Northeast Kingdom with her husband, her son, a dog, and her toothless cat.
Tuesday, February 4, 5-7pm
Wednesday, February 5, 10am-noon
Wednesday, February 5, 5-7pm
Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Avenue
St. Johnsbury
Instructor: Katie Moritz
Do you belong here?
Why?
Why not?
In preparation for PoemTown St. Johnsbury 2025 – a community-wide celebration of National Poetry Month that takes place in April – join poet Katie Moritz for a FREE poetry workshop on the theme of BELONGING. Writers who choose to submit their poems to PoemTown St Johnsbury will have them displayed in storefronts throughout April.
Open to all community members – no poetry experience needed! Participants can choose from one of four workshop times. Admission is FREE, but you must register online via our new class portal HERE, or by calling the box office at 802-748-2600, ext. 3.
The workshops are part of a community-wide writing project, Paper Chains, which is funded in part by an Arts and Social Cohesion grant from the Vermont Community Foundation. The aim of Paper Chains is to build connections among community members by writing about the experience of belonging (or not belonging), and inviting those whose voices are not generally heard to participate. In addition to offering the public workshops, we will be working with Writers for Recovery and also training staff and volunteers from a wide range of community agencies to lead writing workshops for their clients and constituents.
PoemTown St. Johnsbury is a collaborative project of Catamount Arts, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, and Discover St. Johnsbury, and is affiliated with Kellogg-Hubbard Library’s PoemCity.
Katie Moritz is a published poet and nonfiction author, and her fiction work has been nominated for a prestigious Pushcart Prize. Katie has over a decade of experience in writing and communication. Prior to her position as the Communication Liaison at NVRH, she has served as an editor of a weekly paper, a manager of an assisted living facility, and an educator for at-risk youth and first generation college students. While pursuing a master’s degree in writing and literature at Dartmouth, she founded a graduate student journal, and in turn served as its editor-in-chief. She currently lives in Vermont’s rural Northeast Kingdom with her husband, her son, a dog, and her toothless cat.