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Make a Bill Harley Video Contest

We are looking for classes, afterschool groups, organizations and families to get together and make a video based on one of Bill's songs. It can be live action, animation, slide show, some combination of these.

To find out more about "the rules" and "the prizes" visit our video contest webpage: http://www.billharley.com/videocontest.asp.

 
"Art Beyond Bounds" - Works by Blind and Disabled Artists

Please join Utah First Lady Jeanette Herbert, the Utah State Library, Utah Arts and Museums, Utah State History, Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Art Access and Kindred Spirits, for an art exhibit by blind and disabled artists.

Friday, October 16, 2009 at 6 p.m.
Rio Gallery Mezzanine, Rio Grande Depot
300 S. Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City

Items on display include furniture, ceramics, sculpture, crafts, oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastels, and wood burning. Many items will be priced for sale.

 
River of Words 2009 Contest

Each year, in affiliation with The Library of Congress Center for the Book, Riverof Wordsconducts a free international poetry and art contest for youth on the theme of WATERSHEDS. The contest is designed to help youth explore the natural and cultural history of the place they live, and to express, through poetry and art, what they discover.

The contest is open to any child in the world, from 5-19 years of age. Older students must have not yet completed high school. There is no charge to enter. 

Students may enter on their own, or as part of a group (classroom, Girl Scout troop, 4-H, etc.). All entrants receive acknowledgment in the form of a "Watershed Explorer" certificate.

Poetry submissions are judged by Riverof Words co-founders Robert Hass, who served as US Poet Laureate from 1995-1997, and writer Pamela Michael. Art entries are judged by children's book writer and illustrator, Thacher Hurd.

About 100 poems and artworks from both US and international entries are selected as finalists each year. All winners receive ribbons, books and/or art supplies, t-shirts and other prizes.

Eight Grand Prize winners—four in poetry and four in art, in four different age categories—are chosen from the US entries.

Category I — Kindergarten-Grade 2
Category II — Grades 3-6
Category III — Grades 7-9
Category IV — Grades 10-12

Winners are announced each April at a gala event at the San Francisco Library. The Grand Prize winners win an all-expense paid trip to Washington, DC to attend the Riverof Words Award Ceremony at The Library of Congress.

Deadline for submissions is December 1, 2009

For more information and entry forms go to www.riverofwords.org (http://www.riverofwords.org/ )

IMPORTANT: On October 3, 2009, the Utah Center for the Book is hosting a one-day workshop in Salt Lake City with Pamela Michaels, Executive Director and co-founder of River of Words. This educator training is specially designed for classroom teachers, student teachers, 4-H, Scout leaders, librarians and others wishing to learn how to work together, often across disciplinary lines, utilizing a curriculum that integrates outdoor observation, investigation and journeying with core subjects like English, math, science and social studies, as well as the arts. To register contact:

Utah Center for the Book
Gail McCulloch
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801-322-8165
For more information on Pamela Michaels:
http://www.riverofwords.org/about/staff.html

For teacher resources:
http://www.riverofwords.org/educators/index.html

 
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