Colored Horse Studios Past Events

Theresa Whitehill, Poet Designer & Paulo Ferreira, Artist

Past Events:

Vigil for Iraq

Vigil for Iraq:
Original music & poetry honoring the dead, the wounded, the grieving, and the dispossed
The Ukiah Madrigal Singers will perform original compositions by David Rounds and David Smith, with lyrics by poets David Smith-Ferri and Theresa Whitehill; David Smith-Ferri and Theresa Whitehill will also read new poetry; Narration by Benj Thomas
Friday, 16 October 2009
7:00 pm
Ukiah Players Theatre
1041 Low Gap Road
Ukiah, California
707 462-9226
Admission is free; donations accepted

For Information: (707) 462-4557 or ukiah.laureate@mcn.org

Watershed Map Events

Watershed Poetry Mendocino Map Project:
A Reading of the Watersheds
A reading of the Mendocino watersheds to honor a poetry mapping of the county
with a chorus of poets: including Mary Korte, Robin Rule, Linda Noel, Lisa Noel, Rachael Smith-Ferri, and Theresa Whitehill
Friday, October 9, 2009
6 pm – reception
7 pm – reading
Colored Horse Studios
780 Waugh Lane, Ukiah, CA
Map to Colored Horse Studios
Free of charge; donations will be contributed to the poets
For information: (707) 462-4557 or poetry@coloredhorse.com

Open Reading

Open Poetry Reading:
6:30 pm: sign-up (first 20 poets, 3 minutes each)
7:00: reading
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Grace Hudson Museum
431 South Main Street, Ukiah, CA
Sponsored by the Poet Laureate Committee of Ukiah
Free of charge; donations will be contributed to the Russian River Cleanup project

For Information: (707) 462-4557 or ukiah.laureate@mcn.org

Recovery Painting

MSCA Art Exchange Exhibitions
Paulo Ferreira, paintings, with other MSCA Artists
June 18–July 20, 2009
Salt Road Museum & Gallery Iizura
Omachi, Japan
Artists’ Reception Sunday, June 21, 2009
September 16–22, 2009
Matsumoto City Museum of Art
Matsumoto, Japan

To view Paulo Ferreira’s portfolio:

http://www.coloredhorse.com/FineArts/Main_Portfolio.html

Women’s Voices
Theresa Whitehill, poet
Host: Val Muchowski
Monday, 13 July 2009
7:00 to 8:00 pm
KZYX&Z Public Radio, 90.7, 91.5, and 88.1 FM
Philo, California

To listen live, follow this link
Links to more of Theresa Whitehill’s poetry:

• Investigative Poetics category of this web log
• Colored Horse Studios website
• Poets and Writers profile

Colored Horse Studios Summer Solstice Open Reading
Potluck and Open Mic
Saturday, 20 June 2009
6:00 p.m.: Informal Potluck Appetizers
7:00 p.m.: Open Reading (poetry, shorter fiction, film, art…)
780 Waugh Lane
Ukiah, California
Contact Colored Horse Studios: (707) 462-4557 or poetry@coloredhorse.com

 
Guest Artists Paulo Ferreira & Theresa Whitehill
June 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, 5 June 2009
5 to 8 pm
Part of First Friday Ukiah Artwalk
201 & 203 South State Street
Ukiah, CA 95482
Contact: 707 462-1400, info@artcenterukiah.org, www.artcenterukiah.org
To view Paulo Ferreira’s portfolio: http://www.coloredhorse.com/FineArts/Main_Portfolio.html
To view the broadsides of Colored Horse Studios: http://www.coloredhorse.com/WritingPoetry/BroadsidesBooks.html

Executive Privilege

Art Center Ukiah, Corner Gallery & Annex

Mother God

Paper, Paint & Pencil
Exhibit: Paulo Ferreira (Paintings), with artists Eva Strauss-Rosen (pencil) and Nancy Winters (3D paper)
Friday, 1 May to Sunday, 31 May 2009
Opening Reception Saturday 2 May, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Willits Art Center
Commercial Street, Willits

To view Paulo Ferreira’s portfolio:

http://www.coloredhorse.com/FineArts/Main_Portfolio.html

ukiaHaiku Festival
Theresa Whitehill, Keynote Speaker
Sunday, 26 April 2009
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
City Conference Center
200 School Street
Ukiah, California
Contact: http://www.ukiahaiku.org/
For more information about Theresa Whitehill’s poetry: http://www.coloredhorse.com/WritingPoetry/Writing.html

Earth Day Nature Poetry
Poetry Recital: Theresa Whitehill, reading with Becca Smith, Nancy Morrell, Justin Smith, and Peter,  from a script by Becca Smith
Sunday, 19 April 2009
Time: 3 p.m.
The White Barn
St. Helena, California
Tickets: $10; Benefits Calistoga Library
Contact Box Office: (707) 251-8715
For more information about Theresa Whitehill’s poetry: http://www.coloredhorse.com/WritingPoetry/Writing.html

Poet Laureate of Ukiah, California
Theresa Whitehill
The Ukiah City Council announced the induction of Theresa Whitehill as Poet Laureate for the city at their Wednesday, April 15, 2009 meeting. Whitehill is the fourth laureate for Ukiah since the program began in 2001.

Finding Good Bread Broadside

Visual Investments: The Evolution of Colored Horse Studios
A Talk by Theresa Whitehill & Paulo Ferreira, founders
Exploring the two intermingled streams of their respective visual and literary arts & some of the chapels they have visited along the way
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Time: 6 to 9 p.m.
Place: Kabuki Hotel, Japantown, San Francisco
Colophon Club, San Francisco (a private event; club members and their guests are welcome)
Contact: Colored Horse Studios (707) 462-4557 or poetry@coloredhorse.com

To view the broadsides of Colored Horse Studios: http://www.coloredhorse.com/WritingPoetry/BroadsidesBooks.html

Colored Horse Studios Broadsides Exhibit

The Broadsides of Colored Horse Studios
Exhibit
Opening & Closing: Friday, 3 April 2009
5 p.m.
Church Street Gallery
175 East Church Street
Ukiah, California
Contact: Colored Horse Studios (707) 462-4557 or poetry@coloredhorse.com

International Women’s Day Salon
Poetry Recital, Theresa Whitehill, reading with Becca Smith, Susan Garden, and Sarah Forni, from a script by Becca Smith; Jennifer Garden, MC
Sunday, 8 March 2009
4 p.m.
The White Barn
St. Helena, California
Contact: Box Office (707) 251-8715

The Cars

Truck in the Woods

THE CARS

The cars have something to do with it—the mystery, the heartache.
It’s a way of thinking, driving. Also a viewpoint and an analgesic.
On my street, cars drive fast because there’s no speed bumps.
The driveway is the entrance to this world. I’m often outside,
weeding my driveway, a joke I make with my friends
who live in lush places with their homes surrounded by forests and gardens.
I own a six-space parking lot, I tell them. People walk past,
bicycles trip the motion detector lights, skateboards, double cab trucks,
in the early summer evenings the aroma of charcoal lighter fluid.
Patrol cars coast down the center of the wide street.
We drive. We fluoresce.