Word Bites at McGroarty Arts Center Open House, Saturday, August 20, 2016

Village Poets of Sunland –Tujunga Present 

WORD BITES 

at McGroarty Arts Center, 7570 McGroarty Terrace, Tujunga, CA 91042 

on Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

There will be four sets by six poets: Maja Trochimczyk, Elsa S. Frausto and Lois P. Jones at 12:30pm & 1:30pm; Joe DeCenzo, Art Currim & Marlene Hitt at 2:30pm and 3:30pm. 

These readings are scheduled in-between Regina Clark's docent tours of this historic site that was home to playwright and California Poet Laureate, John Steven McGroarty. 

All day, local artists will be presenting their artwork in booths and tents on the MAC park-like grounds. The Open House exhibitors-artists are: 

• Jeanine Colini www.jcda.com; 
• Mims Ellis www.mimsellisceramics.com; 
• Kate Friedricks (singer); 
• Bill Hartdegen; 
• Saba Jafari http://res0b24r.wix.com/persianartdesign; 
• Meghan Jenks www.twitch.tv/70ms; 
• Brian Johnson; 
• Mark Kennedy; 
• Nora Koerber; and  
• Elizabeth Tucker, who is president of the Angeles Crest Art Guild,www.etuckerart.com. 

This event is part of the Maiden LA celebrations of art across Los Angeles and of the Sunland Tujunga Open Studios! Visti ST Open Studios website for a list and timeline of open houses locally: http://www.stopenstudios.com/

And don't forget, the week after, we have the exquisite poet Elline Lipkin and the sophisticated musical duet, Heather Donavon and Steve McCormick, who present on August 28, 2016 at 4:30 p.m. at Bolton Hall Museum on Commerce Avenue. 

See the post on our blog.