Dancing Poetry

Fall 2012

Artists Embassy International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting intercultural understanding and peace through the universal language of the arts.  Founded by Althya Youngman in 1951, AEI has continuously promoted individual and group artists working in many media, offered venues, publication opportunities, poetry  contest, prizes, festivals, conferences, classes, exhibitions and many other opportunities for the promotion of artists and their work throughout the United States and the world.   Membership dues, $30 per year, include quarterly newsletters, advertisements of events, opportunities and contacts for international events and reports on your personal artistic work.  Send dues, newsletter articles and information to AEI for inclusion in the next publication.     

For more information about AEI, please visit www.dancingpoetry.com

ALAMEDA MUSEUM

AEI’S   JANUARY EXHIBITION,   RECEPTION,   WORKSHOPS

      Mark your calendars for January 19, 2013, 11:30-3:00. The AEI Annual Meet the Artists Reception will be an afternoon of art, dance, poetry, food, friends, contacts and general good fun.

Alameda Art Show and Related Events for January, 2013

***For further information and additional activities, please contact Natica at naticaaei@aol.com and visit www.dancingpoetry.com.

JANUARY 1.  YOUR POETRY WELCOMED!   DANCING POETRY FESTIVAL POETRY CONTEST OPENS! 

                    Please see our website at www.dancingpoetry.com for guidelines for poetry entries.     

January 5: You Are Invited to the Artists Embassy FREE – FUN multi-arts workshop at the Alameda Museum.  Gifts of the ancients & meaning in motion includes musical messages & tantalizing tambourine fun - 1 to 3:00 – 510-235-0361 

January 12: Jack London’s Birthday Party (and Natica’s too), 1-3:00.  Alameda Poet Laureate Mary Rudge Hosts. 

                            ALL  Jan. events are at the Alameda Museum Gallery at 2324Alameda Ave, Alameda.

January 19: ALL ARTS ESTRAVAGANZA – AEI  GALA Entertainments -. fun and food includes a snack table open all afternoon. Festivities and Performances begin at 11:30 until 3:15!   Love to see you there! 

Jan. 26: Creating New excitements for your presentations and performances - expansion arts workshop - includes Tips on creating your own artists statement and inventive fun crafts.   Hope to see you at the Alameda Museum Gallery at 1:00 Saturday!  Please Call to reserve your space and take-home arts materials.  415- 681-0618

2012 Dancing Poetry Contest Winners List

The contest entries are judged anonymously by juries of AEI members

 The 2012 contest had 704 poems from 36 states and 11 countries submitted by 249 poets.

Grand Prizes (3, all of equal merit):

Dancing With Tambourines,  Claire Baker, Pinole, CA

The Dance of the Goddess, Suparna Ghosh, Toronto, Canada, and India

Artist’s Statement, Tanya Joyce, Emeryville, CA

First Prizes (6, all of equal merit):

Marie, Janet Ireland Trail, Greensboro, NC 

Tornado, Kay Renz, Santa Rosa, CA

Not Beneath Nijinsky, K.R. (Joe) Massingham, Chisholm ACT, Australia               

Casualty, Margaret Flint Suter, Hampton, IA

Receding Moon, Cynthia L. Anderson, Yucca Valley, CA

Cormorant and Dragonflies, Diana Woodcock, Doha, Qatar

Second Prizes (12, all of equal merit):

Morning, Ten Years After; Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY

Alaska, Harry Bauld, Bronx, NY

Reflection, Joyce Gregor, Westcliffe, CO

Harvest Moon on Stipp Street, Joan Leotta, Calabash, NC

The Language of Flowers, Katy Brown, Davis, CA

Sing Like Solomon, Margaret Flint Suter, Hampton, IA

Bananamania, Charmaine Donovan, Brainerd, MN

Tonada de Tere/Teresa’s Tune, Jabez W. Churchill, Ukiah, CA

A Few Miles Away From the Sea, John Rowe, El Cerrito, CA

Beginning and Ending an Assignment in Logical Thought, Carol Frith, Sacramento, CA

Genuinely Wild Woman, Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA

Colors, Ziji Beth Goren, Hadley, MA

Third Prizes (30, all of equal merit):

Black Autumn, Regina Murry Brault, Berlington, VT

Flights to Morocco, Barbara Wilde Wilson, San Rafael, CA

Dresden China Factory Sojourn, Ruth Wilde Schuler, Novato, CA

Butoh for 200,000, Khadija Anderson, Altadena, CA

Wild Grapes, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY

Mexico, Diana Anhalt, Atlanta, GA

Tabula Rasa, Elizabeth Pelaez Norris, Oakland, CA

Pilgrims on I-80, Kathleen E. McClung, San Francisco, CA

Tango por la Tarde/Afternoon Tango, Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill, VA

New World Spices, Carol Carpenter, Livonia, MI

Dandelions, Roberta Visser, Swanzey, NH

Looking in the Kaleidoscope, Marian Kaplun Shapiro, Lexington, MA

Paroles d’Amour/Words of Love, Tuy Nga Brignol, Ris Orangis, France

The Daily Tribune, Gordon Preston, Modesto, CA

Parings, Rozann Kraus, Cambridge, MA

The Bridge to Civita, Jeanine Stevens, Sacramento, CA

A Guest in the Home of the Ancients, Marjorie Lynne Wagner, Alameda, CA

What I Told My Grown Son at Dinner, Karen Stromberg, La Mesa, CA

Alice Springs Gift Shop, Maxine Williams, Sebastopol, CA

4 Songs of Tzu-Yeh, Wineshop Girl, Neal Whitman, Pacific Grove, CA

Heron Watch, Vera Ogden Bakker, West Bountiful, UT

Argentine Tango, Marion H. Younquist, Wauwatosa, WI

Sipping Whiskey With My Dad, Wulf Losey, Fremont, CA

Dancing Into Dark, Julia Montrond, Berkeley, CA

Beneath a Moon in China, Laverne Frith, Sacramento, CA

Points of Love, Mary Eastham, San Jose, CA

To Roy:  for his 100th Birthday, Nick Sweet, Shepherd, TX

Melody and Lyric, Jo Barbara Taylor, Raleigh, NC

Pinned, Julie E. Bloemeke, Alpharetta, GA

                 Calendar Highlights of Upcoming Artists Embassy International EventsFor further information and additional activities, please contact Natica at naticaaei@aol.com and visit www.dancingpoetry.com.

Our schedule is always having new and exciting events added to it.  Don’t miss out on the fun and opportunities.

The listed events are put on by AEI or are produced by  similar organizations that promote art and culture.

Ongoing; Dance Poetics classes  are open – Mondays at 5:45  Call Natica: 510-235-0361 – dancingpoetry@aol.com

Ongoing: Visual Art Shows: Natica Angilly’s Poetic masks, tambourine intrigues and unique abstract canvases. New installations by Natica  and other AEI artists continue at Cafe Arrivederci Galleries 11 G Street, San Rafael. 

Every Monday Night: “Salons For Your Imagination, Wow!”  5:30-9:00: Cafe Arrivederci, 11 G Street, San Rafael, CA, hosted by Angar Mora  For upcoming presentations and reservations please call Angar Mora at 415-492-8870.

November 19: Judy reads her poetry at the “Salons for Your Imagination, Wow!” at Café Arrividerci, Dinner begins at 5:30. The program is over by 9:00. Judy is paired with visual artist Linda Ruiz-Lozito, a landscape painter.

November 26: Natica’s 3^rd eye -art inspirations presentation at “Wow! Salon”at 5:30; call 415-492-8870 for reservations.

December 9: Artists Embassy International Annual Membership Meeting, Christmas Party & Board Meeting from 2:00. All members welcome. Please call Natica for information  510-235-0361 or 415-681-0618

December 14: Happy Birthday Cindy Levinson.  Our Best Birthday Wishes and thanks for your wonderful AEI works!

***JANUARY 1,  YOUR POETRY WELCOMED - THE 20TH DANCING POETRY CONTEST IS OPEN!

 Please send your excellent and wonderful  poetry so that your poetry might be acknowledged and honored.  We again seek  highest praises for the 20^th Dancing Poetry Festival Poetry and appreciate all who enter their poems!

January 5: FREE Workshop at the Alameda Museum Gallery –  Poets, Artists, Dancers, Enthusiasts Welcome!  Join in the excitement of ART SPARK – working with meaning in motion, poetic senses,  easy tambourine innovations, and gifts from the ancients. With artist/poet Tanya Joyce & festival/events director Natica Angilly, 1:00-3:30.  Call 510-235-0361

Jan. 12: Jack London’s Birthday Party (& Natica’s too). Poetry Party Hosted by Alameda Poet Laureate, Mary Rudge with the New Muses, Alameda Island Poets and AEI visual arts exhibit at the Alameda Museum 1-3pm - Love to see you!

January 19: YOU ARE INVITED TO OUR ART EXTRAVAGANZA!   Chat with poets, dancers, exhibiting artists. Meet new friends and contacts. Snack all day at the Alameda Museum 11:30 until 3:00  (See DPF Grand Prize Performances)

January 26: FUN Workshop:  New Excitements for presenting your work – Tips on creating your own artist’s statement – hands on crafts!  All at the Alameda Museum Gallery 1 to 3:30 with Tanya & Natica – Reserve your space, provided materials and gifts - Call 510-235-0361

Feb. 23: Redwood Empire Chinese Association’s Chinese New Year Celebration & Fundraiser - Santa Rosa Vet’s Memorial Building. Visit www.recacenter.org. For tickets, contact Judy Cheung, 707-528-0912, jhcheung@comcast.net.

March 17: Rakkasah’s presents Natica’s workshop: Secrets of Timeless Expression, Sensual Essentials, Gypsy Combos, Mask and Tambourine Dancing ( masks and tambourines provided) on opening day of the famed week long workshops.  Sign up now at Rakkasah.com   Classes are at Sportsman Hall, 5220 Glenn Ave., San Pablo, CA.

March 22-24: Rakkasah Middle Eastern Dance Festival and Bazaar, Richmond Auditorium, 413 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA, 94804. Please visit www.rakassah.com for more info. Sales booth for AEI fundraiser.

April:  Look for our National Dance Week Celebrations

April 5: Close of proposals for performance at DPF - dancing  poetry dance submissions for performing duos &companies)

May 15: Dancing Poetry Festival Poetry Contest closes with thanks for your much appreciated entries!

May thru September – Discovery, Excitement and Planning for our 20^th  Dancing Poetry Festival

please see:  www.dancingpoetry.com for updates or call Natica at 510-235-0361

Join the celebration:

SEPTEMBER 14:  YOUR PRESENCE IS REQUESTED AND MUCH APPRECIATED at our 20th

DANCING POETRY FESTIVAL at the California Palace of the Legion  Honor                                                          Your support of this unique AEI event is always very much appreciated!

Early Announcement: 2014 March 25-29: United Poets Laureate International’s 23^rd World Congress of Poets will be held in Osaka, Japan. Please visit www.upli-wcp.org for more information. The Congress in Australia could not be satisfactorily finalized. The committee working on the Congress in Japan is optimistically enthusiastic for a wonderful event in Osaka, Japan, during cherry blossom time, 2014.