Reading & Book Publication Party with Mitchell Nobis and Dawn Tefft


Join us at the KickstART Gallery on Saturday, June 28th, at 7:30 pm for a book launch party with poets Mitchell Nobis and Dawn Tefft. They will be reading from their new collections, published by Match Factory Editions. Mitchell Nobis is a writer and K-12 public school teacher and lives in Farmington with his family … Continue reading Reading & Book Publication Party with Mitchell Nobis and Dawn Tefft

Poet Caroline Harper New Reads at KickstART on May 10th


Wednesday Nights Sessions, our author reading series, returns for a special live event on Friday (not Wednesday!), May 10th, at 7 pm at the KickstART Gallery at 23616 Farmington Road, featuring writer Caroline Harper New. Poet Caroline Harper New, winner of the 2023 Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry (awarded to a poet in the Midwest), … Continue reading Poet Caroline Harper New Reads at KickstART on May 10th

Season 7 of Wednesday Night Sessions Features Five Writers in Conversation with Mitch Nobis


Wednesday Night Sessions, our reading series hosted by poet Mitch Nobis, begins a new season this month with readings and interviews with five writers. The first reading will go live on our You Tube channel at 7 pm on Wednesday, September 27th. See the full schedule below: September 27: Jane Zwart’s poems have appeared in … Continue reading Season 7 of Wednesday Night Sessions Features Five Writers in Conversation with Mitch Nobis

New Season of Wednesday Night Sessions Kicks Off!


Wednesday Night Sessions, our reading series hosted by poet Mitch Nobis, begins a new season this month with readings and interviews with five writers. The first reading will go live on our You Tube channel at 7 pm on Wednesday, March 29th. See the full schedule below: March 29: Jared Beloff is a New York … Continue reading New Season of Wednesday Night Sessions Kicks Off!

Art in the Roots, #6: Captains and Pilots


I don’t want to get explicitly political in these blog posts, but it’s impossible to avoid it altogether. Everything is political, and if you think it isn’t, then whatever environment you’re in is politically constructed to benefit you, rendering its politics invisible. But they’re there. A friend once said, “Not everything is politics! What about … Continue reading Art in the Roots, #6: Captains and Pilots

Art in the Roots, #5: Read Books! Then Make New Shows.


Welcome back to Art in the Roots. I apologize for the extended absence–what I intended to be a short summer break got a bit longer than planned. I suppose if we can’t rush good art, I shouldn’t rush my mediocre ruminations on art either, right? RIGHT?!  Anyway, I learned to read with comics and have … Continue reading Art in the Roots, #5: Read Books! Then Make New Shows.