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The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider. Jane Hirshfield Cider for when the days finally begin to cool, and we move inward to the spaces of book and page and the unceasing work of imagining our lives the best they can be, our world at its finest. Hard work, the work of what it means to be human. At Gemini Ink we offer tools to help with this work, another Fall semester spilling over with ripe ideas and opportunities to grow. You may want to study novel writing with the masterful David Liss, whose new The Twelfth Enchantment (Random House), is stirring imaginations all over the country. Lyle Rosdahl, flash fiction editor for the Current, will lead a bevy of flash practitioners in a show-and-tell to inspire and delight new flashers. Young Adult novelist Varian Johnson will chart expanding directions in this wide-open field, and Lebanese journalist Salma Abdelnour will help you explore the very personal notions of “home.” What else? Jenny Browne on poetic devices in non-fiction, Victor Hernández Cruz on poetry, Bett Butler and David Berkeley on songwriting, filmmaker Laura Varela on your personal “lens,” Carlos Ponce on stories for your grandchildren, and much more. If you’d rather be on the audience side and also spend an evening with great people, check out our Friday faculty readings, our PBS Point of View showing at SAY Sí, or our Community Talk featuring women sharing their stories of becoming U.S. citizens. And don’t forget to check our website www.geminiink.org for new writing from our Writers in Communities workshops. Students of all ages throughout your city are featured in online anthologies you can view with great page-turning software. Rosemary Catacalos Executive | Artistic Director
about Gemini Ink Gemini Ink nurtures writers and readers and builds community through literature and the related arts. At Gemini Ink we believe human story in all its diverse and complicated forms and genres — from poetry and fiction to memoir and oral tradition — is essential to developing compassion and richness in both individual and community life. We encourage focused reading, writing, and exchange at every level, from elementary school student to incarcerated youth and from polished professional to the elder who has always wanted to record her family stories. Gemini Ink, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, is extremely grateful for contributions from avid readers and writers, as well as grants from the George W. Brackenridge Foundation, Brown Foundation, City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs, Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation, Edouard Foundation, Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, Frost National Bank, theFund, Guerra • DeBerry • Coody Marketing and Communications, H-E-B, King William Association, Albert and Bessie Mae Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, Ruth Lang Charitable Fund and Beulah M. and Felix J. Katz Memorial Trust of the San Antonio Area Foundation, Lifshutz Foundation, Martin Foundation, Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Myra Stafford Pryor Charitable Trust, National Endowment for the Arts, Genevieve and Ward Orsinger Foundation, Rackspace Foundation, Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation, Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts, San Antonio Express-News, Shield-Ayres Foundation, Smothers Foundation, Jack and Doris Smothers and Mary Ann Smothers Bruni Memorial Foundation, Texas Commission on the Arts, USAA Foundation, and Wayne Wright Lawyers.
Cover art Artist/Photographer: Manuela González Title: Up & Away We Go
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fall 2011 schedule Dates
Classes & Events
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Tuesday, Aug. 30
Fall Registration Begins
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Friday, Sept. 2
First Friday Open Mic
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Saturday, Sept. 10
Film / Varela
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Monday, Sept. 12
Multi-Genre / Berkeley Performance / David Berkeley
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Wednesday, Sept. 14
Lifelong Learning / Grissom*
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Friday, Sept. 16
Faculty Reading
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Saturday, Sept. 17
Lifelong Learning / McCutchan Fiction / Lyle Rosdahl
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Thursday, Sept. 22
INKstravaganza
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Wednesday, Oct. 5
Community Talk
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Friday, Oct. 7
First Friday Reading
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Saturday, Oct. 8
Lifelong Learning / Abdelnour Multi-Genre / Browne Multi-Genre / Butler
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Friday, Oct. 14
Faculty Reading
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Saturday, Oct. 15
Lifelong Learning / Ponce Poetry / Frederick and Warren
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Thursday, Oct. 20
POV Film Screening
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Tuesday, Oct. 25
Writers Respond to Art
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Saturday, Oct. 29
Fiction / Liss
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Friday, Nov. 4
First Friday Reading
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Saturday, Nov. 5
Fiction / Johnson Poetry / Cruz
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Friday, Dec. 2
Adult Spelling Bee
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Note: Classes are shown here by genre and instructor(s). See page listings for detailed class descriptions and registration deadlines. *Multi-session courses are shown with an asterisk. gemini ink 2011
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About Our Classes
Are you interested in music, photography, theater, science, or philosophy? Are you a teacher searching for ideas to use in the classroom? Are you a business professional wanting to polish your communication skills? Do you enjoy books and good conversation? Maybe you’ve always wanted to be a writer, but you’re not sure how to get started. Or you’re a writer whose work needs more attention. The University Without Walls program offers a wide range of classes and workshops for anyone with an inquisitive mind. Whether you’re curious about ideas or deeply committed to the craft of writing, you’ll find the literary camaraderie you’re looking for at Gemini Ink. Our faculty members have extensive credentials and are committed to teaching. And, at the heart of our classes are creative, intelligent, and talented students like you. Join our community and make Gemini Ink part of your life.
Course Levels
Beginner: Writers or readers who are new to the course subject and/or design. Intermediate: Writers or readers who have background knowledge of the course subject, will complete required readings, and will actively participate in class discussion. These writers have had working practice with this aspect of craft and have participated in at least one writing workshop (either with Gemini Ink or elsewhere); they are comfortable with in-class writing exercises. Intermediate/Advanced: Intermediate level requirements, plus a knowledge of all technical and formal aspects pertinent to this class. Participants are experienced in critical analysis. Writers have a history of practical experience in this area, have participated in several writing workshops, and are probably researching the publication process (and have a realistic understanding of its demands). Advanced:Intermediate/ Advanced requirements, plus extensive knowledge of this course subject. Each participant is something of an expert in this field. Each writer has attained a professional level, that is, writing has become an integral part of her/his routine and her/his work is of publication quality.
classes FICTION #1 Flash Fiction Level: All Instructor: Lyle Rosdahl In the blink of an eye. Life disappears and reappears: words. This is exactly the strength of flash fiction. Creation and destruction on a page. Or less dramatically the quiet absorption of a moment. This workshop is designed to introduce you to writing in this abbreviated, yet deceptively expansive form. It will include readings from three writers, Marisela Chavez, Arnulfo Talamantes and Nicole Provencher, whose work has appeared in the Current Flash Fiction Blog, which I edit. We will discuss what makes the pieces excellent examples of flash fiction. Then weʼll get started writing our own with a variety of prompts. Date: Saturday, September 17, 1pm-4pm Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, September 14 CPE Credits: 3 Language Arts Fee: $60 Discounted Fee: $50 #2 Young Adult 101 Level: All Instructor: Varian Johnson As seen with recent successes such as the awardwinning The Book Thief, the blockbuster Twilight series, and the #1 NY Times bestseller The Hunger Games, the young adult (YA) or teen novel is one of the most innovative, emotionally-satisfying, and lucrative forms of modern literature. In this class, we will explore the ever-expanding scope of the YA novel, and will discuss specific strategies for improving your manuscript. Topics for discussion include finding a realistic teen voice, understanding the “rules” of YA fiction, and submitting work to editors and agents. Please be prepared to participate in a few in-class writing exercises. Date: Saturday, November 5, 10am-3pm (1-hour lunch break) Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, November 2 CPE Credits: 4 Language Arts Fee: $80 Discounted Fee: $68
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#3 The Thirty Day Novel: Crafting a Solid, Workable, and Complete Draft in One Month Level: Intermediate Instructor: David Liss November is National Novel-Writing Month. This seminar is designed to give you many of the tools you need to put together a rough draft at record speed: plotting, story-mechanics, character-development, and overcoming the most common pitfalls. We will address the real-world problems writers face in hammering out an early draft of what can become a fully polished work of fiction. If you’re willing to attempt to write an entire novel in the same month that kids are out of school for a week and you have to cook a massive meal for relatives you probably don’t like, then I’m willing to pretend this is a reasonable thing to do. Date: Saturday, October 29, 10am-3pm (1-hour lunch break) Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, October 26 CPE Credits: 4 Language Arts Fee: $70 Discounted Fee: $80
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#4 The Poetic Lens: From Photo to Poem Level: All Instructor: Joan Frederick and Mobi Warren For this ekphrastic poetry class, our workshop space will become an intimate gallery of Joan Frederick’s photographs. Participants will create poems inspired by photos that range from the playful to the provocative, from a still life of bread to an expansive landscape to photos that explore the layers of human relationship and culture. Each photograph will serve as a poetic lens to bring into focus outer and inner worlds in a fresh way. Expect to be surprised visually and linguistically as we explore the dynamic between photographic image and poem. Date: Saturday, October 15, 9am-2pm (1-hour lunch break) Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, October 12 CPE Credits: 4 Language Arts Fee: $85 Discounted Fee: $75
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How to Register A registration form appears on page 22. Please mail the completed form to Gemini Ink at 513 S. Presa, San Antonio, TX 78205, along with your class tuition and registration fee. You may also register by visiting our website at www.geminiink. org, calling us at 210.734.9673 (877.734.9673, toll-free), or visiting our office at the above address. Registration Fee Be sure to include the $10 registration fee in your total. The fee is required each time you enroll for classes and helps cover expenses like registration staffing, classroom maintenance, handouts, flyers, mailings, and supplies. If you are taking several classes, register for them all at once to avoid paying multiple registration fees! Credit Card Payments Gemini Ink accepts Discover, VISA, and MasterCard payments for class tuition or contributions. For more information, please call the office at 210.734.9673. Registration and Payment Policies Registration and payment should be made as soon as possible. Class size is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. After the published deadline, we accept registrations on a spaceavailable basis. We will charge a $10 processing fee for any returned check. Class Cancellations Gemini Ink reserves the right to cancel or reschedule courses to adjust for enrollment. If it is necessary to cancel a course, all registered participants will be informed immediately and will be extended the opportunity to transfer to another course. If participants enrolled in a canceled class do not wish to transfer, a full refund will be made. Discounts on Class Tuition! The class fee reflects our existing 10% discount. An additional 5% deduction is offered to educators, seniors (65+), and students. Refer five friends to any University Without Walls class or combination of classes, and we’ll waive your tuition for one class or workshop. Some restrictions apply. Call the office at 210.734.9673 for details.
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Withdrawals
A student may withdraw from a Gemini Ink workshop at any time. The student must notify the office at least 5 business days prior to the first date of the workshop to be eligible for full tuition refunds, less a $25 withdrawal fee. Alternately, tuition transfers to another class are available within the same semester. Withdrawal notifications not made within 5 business days of the workshop are not eligible for tuition refunds, but students may transfer tuition to another class within the same semester, less a $25 late withdrawal fee and/or faculty cost. Withdrawal notifications made the day of the workshop or after the workshop has begun are not eligible for refunds or transfers of any kind.
#5 The History in Poetry Level: All Instructor: Victor Hernández Cruz Plato asserted that, “Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history,” but we must respectfully disagree. History is the inspiration for poetry’s vital truth. In this workshop, we will examine how history serves as inspiration for poetry. The focus will be on the history of Moorish Spain and its ultimate influence on Latino and American identity, the subject of Cruz’ forthcoming poetry collection In the Shadow of AlAndalus. Please bring one of your own poems to share and introduce yourself. Date: Saturday, November 5, 9am-2pm (1-hour lunch break) Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, November 2 CPE Credits: 4 Language Arts Fee: $100 Discounted Fee: $90
Transfer of tuition across semesters is not possible. Failure to attend sessions or verbal notification to instructor will not be regarded as official notice of withdrawal. Refunds will be processed within 14 business days. Refund checks must be cashed within 90 days of the check date. Otherwise, we will have to charge for any stoppayment costs we incur.
Special Info
Occasionally classes will be photographed or videotaped. Please notify the instructor if you wish to be excluded. Adult classes are open to high school students by permission of the instructor only. On occasion, classes may deviate from the published course descriptions.
Volunteering
Do the Write Thing. Work toward a free class! We have lots of opportunities and a variety of jobs to do. To learn more please call 210.734.9673 and pitch in!
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#6 Showing and Telling: A Conversation in Poetry and Creative Nonfiction Level: All Instructor: Jenny Browne While prose narrative remains the engine of much creative non-fiction writing, the shape-shifting genre has increasingly looked to poetry for its hybrid fuel. This class will examine how poetic devices like repetition, figurative language, lyric intensity and associative movement help essay and memoir writers make meaning in structurally innovative ways. During the first half of the class, we’ll read and discuss examples of creative non-fiction that privileges song over story, as well as look at a range of autobiographical/narrative poetry. After that, we’ll try some writing exercises using the moves we’ve learned. Date: Saturday, October 8, 9am-2pm (1-hour lunch break) Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, October 5 CPE Credits: 4 Language Arts Fee: $80 Discounted Fee: $68
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#7 Play “Melancholy Baby” for Me: How to Write a Song that Will Still Be Around a Century from Now Level: All Instructor: Bett Butler “Never hate a song that’s sold a half million copies,” said Irving Berlin. We’ll explore characteristics common to successful songs of all genres: universal storylines, memorable melodies, compelling harmonies, and the ability to invoke emotional response. We’ll discuss sources for inspiration, common song forms, the importance of writing in the musical language you know, discovering your own approach to songwriting, developing good habits, common pitfalls of the inexperienced songwriter, and more. Fun songwriting exercises will jump-start your creativity. Participants will be asked to research selected resources online and bring a favorite song, original or otherwise, for discussion in a supportive atmosphere. Location: Mandala Music Production 1325 W Magnolia Ave, San Antonio,78201 Date: Saturday, October 8, 1pm-5pm Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, October 5 CPE Credits: 4 Language Arts Fee: $85 Discounted Fee: $70 #8 The Song and The Story Level: All Instructor: David Berkeley Can a song be a springboard for a story? Can a story inspire a song? How do we translate our personal narratives into lyrics? What are the narrative restraints on a song lyric? What are the challenges and benefits of the medium? In this 90-minute workshop by visiting author/songwriter David Berkeley, we will explore the relationship between stories and songs, between words and music, between prose and lyrics, between reality and creativity. The class will primarily be discussion-based and will begin with a short exercise where participants will write a flash fiction piece imagining a story behind one of the songs Berkeley is currently writing. Date: Monday, September 12, 5:30pm-7pm Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, September 7 CPE Credits: 1.5 Language Arts Fee: $50 Discounted Fee: $40 Following the workshop, Berkeley will perform a FREE concert and reading at 7:30pm. Reservations required. Call 210.734.9673 gemini ink 2011
Credit for Teachers
Gemini Ink is registered with the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) as a provider of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) activities for standard certificate renewal for teachers. CPE credits are listed by each course description. Credit should be requested at the time of registration. Certificates will be mailed within 7 days of course completion.
Business and Professional Managers
If you are looking for an exciting continuing education experience for your valued employees, a Gemini Ink class is ideal. University Without Walls class offerings begin on page 4. For writing instruction in the workplace, contact the Director of the Writers in Communities program at our office. Whether held at our site or yours, our classes will enrich your employees’ lives on and off the job.
Course Texts
Most course texts and faculty books may be purchased at the Gemini Ink office during business hours (call for availability), or at The Twig Book Shop, 200 E. Grayson Ste. 124, 1.800. SAYTWIG. The Twig donates 20% of our in-office book sales to Gemini Ink. www.thetwig.indiebound.com
Manuscript Submissions
For courses requiring advance manuscripts, please send manuscript attached to an email to info@geminiink.org. Manuscripts must have at least one-inch margins, be in an easily legible font, adhere to the instructor’s specified length limitations, and, if fiction, be double-spaced. Please note that Gemini Ink is unable to reformat manuscripts that don’t meet these guidelines. Include your instructor’s name, along with your name and contact information. The email should indicate “manuscript” and class number in the subject line. Manuscripts will be circulated electronically for advance critique. Please bring one hard copy to class. Manuscripts submitted after the published deadline will be distributed in class and discussed only at the instructor’s discretion.
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Thank You
We are grateful to our many Gemini Ink donors and funders who make it possible to keep your tuition affordable.
Interested in Teaching?
Proposals for classes are invited! Generally, we require that our faculty have significant publishing and teaching experience. Please send a sample course outline, résumé/curriculum vitae, and (if possible) a copy of a recent book. Direct your materials to uww@geminiink.org, or, to teach in community settings, send to wic@geminiink.org.
Plans in the Making
Parents! If your children are interested in classes/workshops for young writers, please call our office at 210.734.9673 to get on our planning list. When we have ten potential students, we’ll put a workshop together, considering instructor availability and compatible ages in the group.
Where to Find Us
Unless otherwise noted, events take place in our bright green building at 513 S. Presa in Southtown/King William. If you are coming from 35&10, exit César E. Chávez Boulevard Blvd. East. Drive to S. Presa and turn right. We are on your right. From 37/281, exit César E. Chávez Boulevard West. Drive to the stoplight at S. Alamo and turn left; take the next right on S. Presa. We are on your left almost at the end of the block.
Parking
Parking for classes and events at our facility is available in front of the building, along the street, and across the street in the lot marked “Gemini Ink.” In the interest of being good neighbors, we ask that you not park in the El Mirador restaurant lot next door.
Accessibility
Gemini Ink provides parking for the physically challenged in front of the building, which is wheelchair accessible.
Office Hours
Monday - Friday, 9 am-5 pm; closed on all major holidays.
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#9 Where is Home? Level: Intermediate Instuctor: Salma Abdelnour Where is home? Does the answer spring to mind quickly and effortlessly, or does the question inspire a range of possible answers, a jumble of emotions and memories? Is home a place—a city, region, country—or is there a particular house or apartment that springs to mind? Or is home something else— for instance, a stimulating workplace, or a favorite restaurant? Does a strong sensation—a certain smell, a favorite dish, a color, a sound—have a way of evoking “home,” and how so? We will discuss how to approach the question “where is home?”—the answer is likely to be very different for each person— and how to write about it in a way that captures the specific realities and emotions it conjures up for the writer, while also striking a chord with readers. The class will begin with a short introductory lecture, followed by an in-class reading of selected passages, and then a writing exercise in which each student will begin a personal essay about home. We’ll do an inclass reading and discussion of some excerpts from students’ essays. Date: Saturday, October 8, 9am-2pm (1-hour lunch break) Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, October 5 Teachers CPE Credits: 4 Language Arts Fee: $90 Discounted Fee: $80 #10 Writing the Music in Your Life Level: All Instructor: Ann McCutchan Everyone treasures at least one piece of music inextricably linked to significant experience -- and whether it’s by Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, or Mahler, that piece is waiting within, ready to engender a powerful work of personal writing. In this workshop, we will explore ways in which a writer can mine music for inspiration, ideas, and meaning. Through lecture, in-class exercises, and discussion, we will consider methods to describe music in writing, convey its impact, employ it as theme or metaphor, and even turn it into a character. Date: Saturday, September 17, 10am-3pm (1-hour lunch break) Limit: 12 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, September 14 CPE Credits: 4 Language Arts Fee: $70 Discounted Fee: $60 gemini ink 2011
#11 Joy for our Grandparents, Stories for the Grandchildren. Level: All Instuctor: Carlos Ponce As our parents, grandparents, and other family members age, their stories disappear forever with them. Alzheimer’s disease, depression and other cognitive impairments can affect our loved one’s mind. For elderly people, it’s rewarding when younger people show interest in their life. Besides, the new generations benefit from a wealth of experiences: heroic events, humorous situations, ethnic knowledge and interesting anecdotes. Many times older adults don’t tell their stories, or they only tell a few, and their relatives think they have heard them all. This is a big mistake. We’ll explore how to develop a plan of conversation with our elderly relatives in a way that is stimulating for them and will produce valuable family information for us. We’ll conduct interviews among the class participants to practice how to carry out sessions with our loved ones, and talk about how to make a family history document for future generations. (Spanish-friendly class). Date: Saturday, October 15, 10am-3pm (1-hour lunch break) Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, October 12 Teachers CPE Credits: 4 Language Arts Fee: $70 Discounted Fee: $60 #12 Literary Excursions Level: All Instructor: Coleen Grissom Join Trinity University’s English Professor Coleen Grissom as she delights, offends, inspires, and incites widespread debate among informed and engaged students of contemporary literature. Classes consist of critical analysis of the readings which include short stories and novels. Dates: Six Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm Sept. 14 Emma Donoghue’s Room Sept. 21 Kevin Canty’s Everything Sept. 28 Andrea Levy’s The Long Song Oct. 5 Helen Simonson’s Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand Oct. 12 Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From the Goon Squad Oct. 19 John Irving’s Last Night at Twisted River Limit: 50 Participants Registration Deadline: September 7 Teachers CPE Credits: 9 Language Arts Fee: $110 Discounted Fee: $99 gemini ink 2011
Gift Shop Our inventory includes books by current and previous Gemini Ink faculty; signed, limited edition prints, handmade chapbooks of the works of Gemini award winners, and gift certificates for University Without Walls classes and workshops. We also stock the literary journal, Rain Taxi, which is free for the taking. Lending Library Gemini Ink has an eclectic array of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and how-to-write books, as well as literary journals that are available to borrow. Please stop by and check out our titles. Facilities Rental The Gemini Ink conference room is available for $20/hour, while the large meeting room is available for $30/hour rental fee. Our facility belongs to you. Please take this opportunity to call the office for details. Staff Rosemary Catacalos Executive | Artistic Director Rachel Christilles* Financial Officer Erika Nadeau Morgan Director, University Without Walls Anisa Onofre Director, Writers in Communities Evelyn Reyes Managing Director Lucinda Vela-Wick Director, Communications Carolene Zehner Registrar | Operations Manager *part-time Volunteers Dario Beniquez Facilitator, Open Writing Workshop Jim Dawes Facilitator, Open Writing Workshop Roland Huff Facilitator, Open Writing Workshop Consultants Gloria Pins Arecchi CPA Bett Butler & Pamela Dean Kenny Dramatic Readers Theater Louis Fincias, Information Technology Interns Nick Dix Kristine Duran Wallis Monday Veroniqúe Moreno Dania Pulido Natalie Torres Mercedes Torrez 9 fall catalogue
Gemini Ink Board of Directors Mallory Belt Ahl Public Finance, Frost Bank Marian Aitches Senior Lecturer in History, University of Texas at San Antonio Rosemary Catacalos (Ex officio), Executive | Artistic Director, Writer Tess Coody Partner, Guerra . DeBerry Coody Marketing & Communications, Writer Eusebio D Díaz Program Director, Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio William A. Dupont, AIA San Antonio Conservation Society Endowed Professor of Architecture, University of Texas at San Antonio John Frederick Provost, University of Texas at San Antonio Julie Hasdorff Attorney, Hasdorff & Convery, PC James Heidelberg Attorney, Escamilla & Poneck, Inc. María Luisa Holmgreen on leave Lee Robinson Attorney Writer Josie Seeligson Freelance writer, Photographer and Tree Farmer Aïssatou Sidimé Communications specialist, Business Financial Group National Advisory Board Dorothy Allison San Francisco Robert Boswell Houston Sandra Cisneros San Antonio Katy Flato San Antonio Robert Flynn San Antonio Ernest J. Gaines Louisiana Edward Hirsch New York Tony Hoagland Houston Phillip Lopate New York Terry McMillan California W.S. Merwin Hawaii Antonya Nelson Houston Naomi Shihab Nye San Antonio Gregory Orr Charlottesville Carolyn Osborn Austin Martha Rhodes New York Richard Russo Maine John Phillip Santos San Antonio Ellen Bryant Voigt Vermont Chuck Wachtel New York Marion Winik Pennsylvania
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FILM #13 Personal Stories as Universal Themes Level: All Instructor: Laura Varela
Have you ever considered the commonalities within your community to others as they relate to personal stories/experiences as viewed through a variety of lenses such as the current political climate, economy, family structures, class, art, and culture? Documentary filmmaker and media artist Laura Varela will guide you in this lecture/workshop to provide you with the skills and insight to document your story(s) in an effort to preserve your family history for future generations. Your story can be personal, political, familial, and/ or cultural and will memorialize your experiences as seen through your “lens”. You will learn to think critically about topics you choose to document and will familiarize yourself with the tools that will allow you to create professional, thoughtful video, photography, and multi-media projects. You will become familiar with and utilize websites, blogs, social networking sites, oral histories, and community archives that will allow your project to impact future generations. Date: Saturday, September 10, 10am-4pm (1-hour lunch break) Limit: 12 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, September 7 CPE Credits: 5 Language Arts Fee: $75 Discounted Fee: $65 NOTE: Required reading websites list will be released two weeks prior to class.
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Writers Respond to Art This October, three San Antonio writers will read their original responses to pieces in SAMA’s Greek Art collection. Come early to view the artworks and create your own sense of the collection before hearing the writers’ unique perspectives. Tuesday, Oct. 25, 6:30pm San Antonio Museum of Art Auditorium 200 West Jones Avenue Free and Open to the public
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Put your thINKing to the test! We’re having a spelling bee for grown-ups. Gemini Ink friend Bill Fisher will bring the word list. “Bee” here on Dec. 2 at 6:30pm. Gemini Ink, 513 S. Presa
SAVE THE DATE: February 16 & 17 Autograph Series Spring 2012
Maxine Hong Kingston Author of The Woman Warrior, China Men, Tripmaster Monkey, The Fifth Book of Peace, and I Love a Broad Margin to My Life, among other works. gemini ink 2011
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fall 2011 fa cult y Salma Abdelnour is a writer and editor based in New York City. She has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times and Travel and Leisure, and has worked as Time Out New York’s restaurant editor; Food & Wine’s restaurant and travel editor; and O, The Oprah Magazine’s food editor. She is currently writing a book about the year she just spent in Beirut, Lebanon, searching for home, many years after her family left the city during the Lebanese civil war. The book is scheduled for publication in Summer 2012. Her writing has been anthologized in two volumes of The Best Food Writing (2007 and 2010). She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a major in philosophy and a minor in English literature. Called a “musical poet” by the San Francisco Chronicle, David Berkeley has a deep love of words and music. Armed with a literature degree from Harvard, he released four critically-acclaimed studio albums garnering accolades from the New York Times, Boston Globe, Paste Magazine and Huffington Post among others. Berkeley has performed on countless TV and radio programs including This American Life. He has toured with Dido, Ben Folds, Billy Bragg, Ray Lamontagne, Don McLean and many more. Most recently, Berkeley combined his interests, authoring a memoir, 140 Goats and a Guitar, written while living in Corsica in a remote and mysterious mountain village of only 35 people which tells the stories behind each song on his latest album, Some Kind of Cure. For more information, go to www.davidberkeley.com. Jenny Browne is the author of two collections of poems, At Once, and The Second Reason. Recent poems, essays and reviews have been published in American Poetry Review, AGNI, Fourth Genre, Gulf Coast, The New York Times, Pleiades, Tin House, and The Threepenny Review. A former James Michener Fellow at the University of Texas, she has received fellowships in both poetry and creative nonfiction from the Texas Writers League. She lives in downtown San Antonio and teaches at Trinity University.
Bett Butler, Jazz singer/songwriter/pianist Bett Butler (www.bettbutler.com) has two critically-acclaimed albums of original music: Short Stories and Myths & Fables. Her song “When Love Has Left the Room” won best jazz song in the International Songwriting Competition out of over 10,000 entries worldwide. Recipient of a performance grant from the San Antonio Artist Foundation and a professional development grant from the Texas Music Coalition, she was recently inducted into the San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame. She co-owns Mandala Music Production, specializing in original music for licensing. Her latest album, American Sampler, features classics from the Great American Songbook. fall catalogue
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Victor Hernández Cruz was born on the island of Puerto Rico. He became part of the Nuyorican literary movement after moving to New York, and prolific spokesman for minority literature in the United States. Within his poetry collections and novels, he strives to create a new idiom that weaves in and out of both Spanish and English. His awards include a Fulbright Scholarship, the Guggenheim Fellowship and the New York Poetry Foundation Award. Hernandez Cruz’s collection “In the Shadow of Al-Andalus” is due for publication in 2011. He currently lives between Puerto Rico and Morocco. Joan Frederick is an artist, photographer and published author who has documented the arts scene of San Antonio TX in photographs since 1986. She has captured a pivotal and historic time in the emerging Latino and South Texas art Renaissance, but her new work takes flat photos and turns them into-three dimensional sculptures such as lamps, bowls and assemblages. She received a NEH Fellowship in 1994, documenting traditional Indian painting in Oklahoma, and her biography of Kiowa artist TC Cannon remains the definitive portrait of the contemporary painter known as the Van Gogh of Native American art. Her artistic interests include fused glass, Photoshop and installation art, but photography dominates her artistic eye. Having served Trinity University since 1958 in administrative and teaching roles, Coleen Grissom now teaches three courses each semester in the English department: Writing Workshop, First Year Seminar, and Contemporary Literature. In October 2008, Trinity University Press published A Novel Approach to Life, a collection of speeches which she has written and delivered over the past five decades.
Varian Johnson is the author of three novels, including My Life as a Rhombus, which was named to the Texas Library Association Tayshas High School Reading List, the New York Public Library “Stuff for the Teen Age” list, and was a finalist for a Texas Institute of Letters award. He holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, and has taught and presented at St. Edwards University, Texas State University, and Austin Community College. His latest novel, Saving Maddie, was recently named a Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of 2011.
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David Liss is the author seven novels, most recently The Twelfth Enchantment. His previous bestselling novels include A Conspiracy of Paper, which won the Edgar Award for best first novel, The Coffee Trader, which was selected by the New York Public Library as one of 25 Books to Remember for 2003 and The Whiskey Rebels, which depicts a lot of drinking and anti-social behavior. His books have been translated into more than two dozen languages, and several are in development as film projects. Liss also writes the monthly series Black Panther 13 fall catalogue
Ann McCutchan is the author of four books, including Circular Breathing: Meditations From a Musical Life, River Music: An Atchafalaya Story, Marcel Moyse: Voice of the Flute, and The Muse That Sings: Composers Speak About the Creative Process. Her work has appeared in numerous journals, magazines, and The Best American Spiritual Writing 2007. Ann has received fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the MacDowell Colony, the Thinking Like a Mountain Foundation and others. She teaches at the University of North Texas and is editor of the American Literary Review. Carlos Ponce worked for 11 years for the Health Science Center at San Antonio as a social researcher. He became interested in the stories of elders while conducting interviews for the UTHSC and used several of these conversations as the base of his collection of short stories Platicas de Mi Barrio. He’s published two children’s books, several short stories and poems in English and Spanish. He has taught creative writing to elders in community centers and to adolescents. He became interested in people with Alzheimer’s and dementia because some of his family members developed these conditions. Lyle D Rosdahl received his undergraduate from Concordia University and graduated with an MFA from Goddard College and has been published in Tarpaulin Sky, Art Voice and Press 1 V4N1 & V4N3. A self published work called La Loteria and other writings are available to view or download from his website: lylerosdahl.com. He facilitates and contributes to Postcard Fiction Collaborative and edits a monthly flash fiction section for the San Antonio Current. He lives in San Antonio, Texas. Laura Varela is a San Antonio-based documentary filmmaker and media artist whose work as a storyteller is shaped by her roots growing up on the US - Mexico Border in El Paso, Texas. Her documentary As Long as I Remember: American Veteranos has been broadcasting nationally on PBS through an American Public Television offering since fall of 2010. She received her Bachelor of Science from the University of Texas in Radio TV and Film. For more information, go to www.varelafilm. org. Mobi Warren’s work braids teaching, poetry, visual arts, and advocacy for the environment. She leads monthly Haiku Hikes at Government Canyon State Natural Area and is the organizer of the annual Words for Birds poetry reading at Mitchell Lake Audubon Center. From 1994-97 Warren was Storyteller-in-Residence and an Education Associate at the San Antonio Museum of Art, an experience that provided fertile ground for writing ekphrastic poetry. Warren teaches at Austin Academy and her chapbook, Untangled Thread, was named a finalist in the 2009-2010 Whitebird Chapbook contest. fall catalogue
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more good stuff Happy Fridays! Reading, Sept. 2, 6:30pm Open Mic Night
Reading, Oct. 14, 6:30pm* Ponce and Warren
Reading, Sept. 16, 6:30pm* McCutchan and Rosdahl
Reading, Nov. 4, 6:30pm* Hernández Cruz and Johnson
Reading, Oct. 7, 6:30 pm* Abdelnour and Browne
Spelling Bee, Dec. 2, 6:30pm Adult Spelling Bee
(Limited space–call to sign up.)
*These readings include one open mic spot. Call us now to sign up!
Free and Open to the Public (513 S. Presa)
Community Talk Natalia Treviño, along with other naturalized Americans, will share stories of their becoming U.S. citizens. Her story and many others are featured in Shifting Balance Sheets: Women’s Stories of Naturalized Citizenship and Cultural Attachment. Wednesday, October 5, 12:30pm Northwest Vista College, Huisache Hall 3535 North Ellison Dr. Free and Open to the Public
Join us and SAY Sí as we view PBS POV documentary The Learning “One hundred years ago, American teachers established the English-speaking public school system of the Philippines. Now, in a striking turnabout, American schools are recruiting Filipino teachers. The Learning is the story of four Filipina women who reluctantly leave their families and schools to teach in Baltimore. With their increased salaries, they hope to transform their families’ lives back in their impoverished country. But the women also bring idealistic visions of the teacher’s craft and of life in America, which soon collide with Baltimore’s tough realities.” A co-production of CineDiaz and ITVS in association with The Center for Asian American Media, with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and American Documentary | POV. (90 minutes) Thursday, October 20, 7pm at SAY Sí 1518 S. Alamo Free and Open to the Public
Open Writing Workshop
Join this peer-driven workshop facilitated by longtime Gemini Ink volunteers Dario Beniquez, Jim Dawes and Roland Huff. Share your writing and get feedback on worksin-progress in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere. The workshop is held from 6:308:30 pm, on the last Monday of every month at Gemini Ink, 513 S. Presa. This fall’s Open Writing Workshops will be held on Sept. 26, Oct. 31, Nov. 28, and Dec. 26. Bring 6 - 10 copies of your work to share! Free and open to all writers! gemini ink 2011
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writers in communities helping people tell their stories
Writers in Communities (WIC)
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provides workshops – always free to participants – highlighting oral traditions, reading, and creative writing. Our professional teaching writers work alongside students of all ages, needs, interests and abilities in diverse community settings – from schools to justice facilities. WIC has served well over 7,000 individuals and published more than 50 chapbooks and broadsides of writing by students of all ages since 2002, and we continue to seek innovative partnerships throughout the community. Our work builds the critical thinking, reading, writing, and verbal skills essential to a healthy and economically thriving populace.
Writers in Schools
This Summer, Cary Clack facilitated a workshop on column writing with middle and high school students in Harlandale ISD. An anthology of the work will be available in August. With funding from the George W. Brackenridge Foundation, WIC is partnering with the Harlandale Independent School District to provide creative writing workshops to students at elementary, middle and high schools. Throughout the 2011-2012 school year, students from six schools will host a WIC writer and visual artist to produce poetry and murals. WIC once again partners with Rackspace and Northeast Independent School District for after-school writing workshops at Krueger Middle School in the Windcrest neighborhood. Gemini Ink continues its innovative strategy of linking creative writing and visual art at Brackenridge High School, with generous funding from the King William Association.
Writers in the Juvenile Justice Setting
This Summer, WIC returned to Turman Halfway House in Austin for an eightweek workshop. Eight male youths wrote poetry and studied illustration. Participants of Judge Laura Parker’s 386th Drug Court took part in EyesOPEN, a writing and mural workshop that focused on community.
Coming up
An anthology of children’s stories by at-risk teen mothers at AMIkids WINGS TEXAS; a chapbook of poetry from participants of 386th Drug Court; a chapbook of poetry by residents of Turman Halfway House; a collection of columns from middle and high school students in Harlandale ISD.
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WIC excerpts My Part of Town
Writers in Communities Partners
A family like colors of the wind. Winds that scatter all over the world. An Aurora Borealis in the North Pole. A family nationwide, wherever I go, they’ll be my guide. I could be in the middle of the desert, the middle of the rainforest, Or the middle of the universe, Yet I always find a relative. From “A Colored Family” by Joslynn M., age 12, Krueger Middle School
Outside the Razor Wire I am from the correctional facilities behind the razor wire. I came from my music, my only desire. I’m going down the road less traveled I’m going home to end my family’s battles. I’m going to the free, where my future welcomes me. I’m going into a world, where I’m rejected by society.
Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation AMIkids WINGS TEXAS Austin Independent School District Baptist Children’s Family Shelter Bexar County Juvenile Probation Dept. Brackenridge Foundation Carina Gors Drug Court 386th Harlandale Independent School District King William Association North East Independent School District Rackspace Foundation San Antonio Independent School District San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs Shivers and Shivers Texas Commission on the Arts Texas Youth Commission Turman Halfway House
Recent Writers in Communities Anthologies Outside the Razor Wire (Summer 2011) Poetry by residents of Cyndi Taylor Krier Juvenile Correctional Treatment Center With Square and Compass (Summer 2011) Poetry by residents of Turman Halfway House in Austin, Texas My Part of Town (Spring 2011) Poetry about neighborhood and community by students from both Krueger and White middle schools in the Northeast ISD.
From “Me” by Christopher, Cyndi Taylor Krier Juvenile Correctional Treatment Center
Visit our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ writersincommunities) for more student writings and WIC news.
In Memoriam Leonora Carrington b.1917 Elizabeth Root Jones b.1923 Gilbert “Gil” Scott-Heron b.1949 Roberto Sosa b.1930 gemini ink 2011
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financial repor t - 2010 i n review Thank YOU! Gemini Ink logged another successful year, ending 2010 with a surplus of over $66,000. Although total revenue was lower than in 2009, our net assets increased by 20%, and we served 4,047 participants (87% free of charge) in nearly 100 readings, classes, projects, and events. How did we do it? As always, with your help: •Grants and government funding decreased from 2009, but individual and corporate contributions were up by 53% in 2010. YOU answered the call of our year-end campaign. You may donate for a particular reason – a favorite WIC project, an author who opened your creative tap, a DRT performance that gave life to the people and literature of another era. But you also understand how crucial your support is for all of Gemini Ink’s operations, enabling us to meet our everyday expenses and keep the dedicated staff members who bring you all of these programs. •Total UWW participants were up by 32%. YOU took classes, referred your friends, and enrolled aspiring writers in our kids writing camp. You attended events at our home on Presa Street and at SAY Sí, C4 Workspace, ArtPace, and SAMA. You joined the rest of San Antonio at our México 2010 presentations. You traveled from Houston and Austin. You shared your work at our monthly open writers workshop; you volunteered to facilitate that workshop. •WIC students increased by 13% and WIC’s earned income doubled its 2009 level, to just over $22,000. YOU are the thought leaders in schools and justice settings who recognize that reading and writing help all citizens – traditionally “literary” or not – develop critical thinking skills. You are the funder who eagerly supports them. You are the faculty member who opens the page to teen mothers, battered women, reluctant writers and others who never thought their story was worth telling. You are the students who risked telling your story. To all of you – our board members, funders, partners, volunteers, students and contributors – we give a rousing round of applause, and our deepest thanks. Rachel Christilles Financial Officer Revenue 2010 2009 Government 138,449 167,301 Grants 137,299 147,277 Contributions/Fundraisers 49,636 52,016 Program Fees 62,049 53,798 Other Income 13,583 5,249 Total Revenue 401,016 425,641 Expense Salaries and Benefits 150,044 133,571 Non-Artistic Outside Fees 26,638 43,936 Artist Fees/Travel/Lodging 65,930 66,285 Other Expenses 92,193 98,463 Total Expense 334,805 342,255 Net Revenue 66,211 83,386 Assets 387,207 324,380 Liabilities 406 3,790 Net Assets 386,801 320,590
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2010 contributions $2,500 +
Cox | Smith Methodist Healthcare Ministries Lee Robinson & Jerry Winakur San Antonio Express-News Wayne Wright Lawyers
$1,000 - $2,499
Betsy Schultz Charles Butt Frost National Bank Hasdorff & Convery, PC The Stewart R. and Marianne C. Reuter Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation The Howard and Betty Halff Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation Shivers & Shivers
$500 - $999
Marian Aitches & Mel Laracey Bob & Margy Ayres John Brazil Tess Coody Judge Bonnie Reed & Stuart Schlossberg Martin & Heather Kohout Rosemary Catacalos in honor of Tony Hargrove, Maria Luisa Holmgreen, & Norma Cantú Arturo Madrid & Antonia I. Castañeda Bill Dupont, AIA William Fisher & Mariana Muñante
$250 - $499
Ellinor & Dr. Marvin Forland The Goldsmith Family Charitable Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation in honor of Mr. & Mrs. Drew Cauthorn, Ms. Rosemary Catacalos and Mr. William M. Fisher & Dr. Mariana Muñante Fisher Coleen Grissom James Heidelberg IBM Alicia D. Leff & Dr. Stephen Shanfield Mr. & Mrs. George E. Neel, Jr., Carie & Lee Novikoff Harold Pilgrim in honor of Tess Coody Joan, Adam & Varda Ratner Josie & Frates Seeligson Arnold Swartz Trinity University Press Esther & Harold Vexler Dr. Elliot & Marcia Goren Weser Jeanie & Bill Wyatt gemini ink 2011
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Mallory Ahl Eugene Ames Simon Azar-Farr Gretchen Bernabei George Brindley Beatrice Catacalos Sallie Chasnoff Rachel Christilles B.J. Cummings M. Francine Danis Eusebio Díaz Susan Frost Dorothy Garth in honor of Dr. Coleen Grissom Carina Gors Palmer Hall Mary Kunau Kathy Lambert in honor of Dr. Coleen Grissom Shirley Markey in memory of Ann McAden Dr. Diane Martinez Elizabeth McFarland Marise Melson Lillian P. Morris Barbara O’Connor Aïssatou Sidimé Ann & Robert Weisgarber
Foundation and Government Grants George W. Brackenridge Foundation Brown Foundation, Inc. City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation King William Association Albert and Bessie Mae Kronkosky Charitable Foundation Lifshutz Foundation Rackspace Hosting/ The Rackspace Foundation Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts The Ruth Lang Charitable Fund & Beulah M. & Felix J. Katz Memorial Trust of the San Antonio Area Foundation Shield-Ayres Foundation The Smothers Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts theFund
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2010 Donors of INKstravaganza Auction Items
Arturo Almeida* Simon Azar-Farr* Emma Hale Burnett Norma Cantú & Elvia Niebla Joan Frederick* Pat & Hall Hammond Dudley Harris* Carlotta Hargrove* Anthony E. Hargrove* Dana & Ed Haverlah Bärbel Helmert Carol & Mike Hodge Todd Johnson* Medina Garden Nursery/Ernesto Cariño & Ysmael Espinosa Jay & Wallis Monday Kevin Moriarty* Michael Nye* Samantha Ostos Leland Outz* Pajarito Tree Farm/ Josie & Frates Seeligson Robert Price* Al Rendon* Ricardo Romo* Melanie Rush-Davis* Mike Schroeder Betsy Schultz Seasons of My Heart Cooking School /Susana Trilling Trish Simonite* John Speegel, AIA* Kathy Vargas* Viveros Productos de Guanajuato /Abner Burnett Luisa Wheeler* Mark Wittig
2010 Purchasers of INKstravaganza Auction Items Grace Banks Michael Battista Erlinda Dimas Dianne Dorsett Kirsten Gardner Sebastian Guajardo Dudley Harris Ann Joslyn Dr. Arturo Madrid Toby & Barbie O’Connor Judge Bonnie Reed Michael Richards Charles Santos Betsy Schultz Robert & Nancy Shivers Samuel Smiley Tom Williams fall catalogue
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2010 In-Kind and Donated Services
Robert Allen Barnes & Noble Page Barteau Catering Benavides Picture Framing Dario Beniquez Diego Bernal Boutique Montblanc Northstar Clear Visions, Inc. Jim Dawes Louis Fincias Guerra*DeBerry*Coody Marketing & Communications H-E-B Rose Harms Heard & Smith Roland Huff Rachel Jennings Heather Catto Kohout Martin Kohout Jacqueline Kolosov Michael Mehl, Ann Kinder & FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA Larry Natwick Pearl Stable George Prado Bob Rivard San Antonio Express-News Henny Edith Sands Betsy Schultz Robert & Nancy Shivers Southwest School of Art Trinity University The Twig Book Shop Cesar Vasquez Gene Vogt Robert Vogt Beck Whitehead Wings Press/Bryce Milligan Gretchen Zehner Everyone who donated books for Luminaria
2010 Interns
Stephen Guzman Laura Kraus Blanca Esquivel Melinda Gonzalez Juan Daniel Torres Negrón Angelia Potter Iris Ayala Kimee Johnson Megan Peak Kaitlin Reagan Austin Reed
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registration form First day to register for fall 2011: Tuesday, Aug. 30 You can also register online at www.geminiink.org Please review our registration and payment policies on page 5 as well as our updated class withdrawal policy on page 6.
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You’re Invited!
INKstravaganza 2011 Honoring Bryce Milligan
Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011 The Pearl Stable 307 Pearl Parkway San Antonio, TX 78215 6:30pm Born in Dallas, Texas, Bryce Milligan has lived in San Antonio since 1977. Among other things, he has been a folksinger, a maker of guitars, drums and dulcimers, a carpenter, a rare book bibliographer and appraiser, a college English and creative writing instructor, a poet-in-the-schools, an arts administrator, a book and magazine editor, a book designer, and a publisher. As a writer, he has been a newspaper columnist, a freelance journalist, a scholar, a novelist, a poet, a playwright, and an essayist. It has been an interesting life. Milligan’s literary papers are archived at the San Antonio Authors Collection of the University of Texas at San Antonio, Institute of Texan Cultures. gemini ink 2011
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INKstravaganza 2011 Honoring Bryce Milligan