Programme 2006.indd - StAnza

Main FunderWildlingIsland WorksPrincipal SponsorMedia SponsorExhibitionsMen and Beasts15th March–4th AprilMen & Beasts: Rebecca Marr & Valerie GilliesByre Theatre Level 4 Gallery, Abbey St. 10am-lateTwo women take a journey across Scotland in poetry & photographyRecording the remarkable spirits they met – both human and animal – poetValerie Gillies and photographer Rebecca Marr travelled to villages, overhills and rivers to document man’s relationship to animals and the land.What they returned with was a unique picture of Scotland at the turn of acentury, a rich and vibrant celebration of a way of life under threat.FundersOffice of thePrincipalSchool of EnglishAdmissions/ContinuingEducationMajor SponsorWorking the Land: local artists & poetsByre Theatre Café/Bar, Abbey Street 10am-lateThe latest StAnza show featuring locally based artists and poetsThrough various visual art media and framed original verse, the vulnerablebeauty and threatened serenity of the land is evoked and celebrated. Worksby recognised local artists and Fife based published poets. (Works for sale)SponsorsDepartmentof Spanish16th–19th MarchIsland Works: Julie Johnstone, Essence PressPreservation Trust Museum, North Street 2pm-5pmPoem-objects, cards & pamphlets of quiet beauty & simplicity of designA display from Julie Johnstone’s Essence Press, featuring the hand-boundliterary magazine island, a publication providing a distinctive space for poetryand artwork inspired by natural landscape. Julie Johnstone has published awide range of Scottish and American poets, including Gael Turnbull, ThomasA Clark, Cid Corman, Alan Spence, Alec Finlay and Jane Hirshfield.Local SponsorsWildling: Sue Dunne & Linda FranceCrawford Centre Theatre Foyer, North St. 10am-5pmStrong as woodland quiet / small cups of sun full of the taste of earthAn exhibition by poet Linda France and ceramicist Sue Dunne, bringingtogether text and decoration in clay. Wildling was inspired by the briefseason of wild daffodils in Letah Wood, near Hexham, Northumberlandwhere the collaborators both live, and by their shared interest in plants. Inmemory of poet Julia Darling who died while the daffodils were in flower.Wednesday 15th MarchExhibitions LaunchByre Theatre & Preservation Trust Museum 5.30pm-7.30pmThe three main StAnza shows are formally declared openJoin the artists and poets behind Men & Beasts, Working the Land andIsland Works to celebrate the StAnza 2006 visual art programme. Meetthe festival organisers and the guest poets already arrived in St Andrews.Poet-in-ResidenceValerie Gillies Poet, tutor, cross-media artistThe sixth StAnza Poet-in-Residence appears throughout the festivalOne of the best-known contemporary Scottish poets, Valerie Gillies hasreceived three Scottish Arts Council Book Awards and a Creative ScotlandAward. Recently appointed Edinburgh Makar, the laureate to the capital, shealso edited the first Poetry Map of Scotland for the Scottish Poetry Librarywebsite, producing electronic mapping of landscapes where living poetswrite. First in print in 1971, Valerie Gillies has published seven collections,from Each Bright Eye (1977) to The Lightning Tree (2002). She has pursuedmany collaborations, and pioneered an important place in Scottish poetryfor women, clearing a wide field for the new generation of poets to occupy.Valerie Gillies and other StAnza 2006 poets are available for work inschools. Enquiries to: kids@stanzapoetry.orgVenue SponsorsSupportersStAnza PersonnelAdmissions/ContinuingEducationFestival Director: Brian Johnstone TRUSTEES: Helen BeatonArtistic Director: Eleanor Livingstone John BellChairman: Andrew Clegg Andrew CleggCommittee Secretaries: Peter Jarvis, Judy Dean Anna CroweTreasurer: Michael Weatherill Jenny ElliottChildren’s Programme: Jane PettegreeMaureen JackSponsorship Officer: Margaux Poueymirou Colin MackayTranslated Poets: Anna Crowe Colin WillWriters’ Room Manager: Claire EasingwoodMichael WeatherillDirector’s PA: Rebecca Hughes Legal Advisor: Colm LyonsPress Officer: Annie Kelly Exhibitions: Julia PrescottMarketing Manager: Rachel Marsh Workshops: Dawn WoodInformation Technology: Colin Will Media Research: Alice WhiteVenue Management: Siobhan O’Hare, Zara GoochParticipants Liaison: Fiona Benson, Richard KingCommittee Members: Alice Bullough Louisa Gairn Jenny ElliottChris Jones Colin Mackay Chloe Morrish Birgit PlietzschHONORARY PATRONS: The Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell CBE QC MPProfessor Douglas Dunn Kathleen JamieBilly KayDr Robyn MarsackStAnza - Scotland’s Poetry Festival is a private company limited by guarantee andregistered under the Companies Acts, registered no. SC253342. It is recognised bythe Inland Revenue as a Scottish Charity, charity no. SC 031789.page 2 page 19