News Bulletin #11, August 19, 2017
This the 11th of a series of bulletins about arrangements and the program for the Haiku North America conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 13–17 September 2017.
News Bulletins are posted on the HNA blog (http://www.haikunorthamerica.com/blog) and our Facebook and Twitter pages. Please check there if you have missed a posting.
If you would rather not receive these e-mails, let us know and we’ll take your name off the mailing list. On the other hand, your feedback is welcome.
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Workshop Sign-ups Closed
All the HNA 2017 workshops that require early sign-up have now been filled. Please do not make any more requests to attend the workshops of Natalie Goldberg, Lidia Rozmus, Tom Leech, Tom Painting, or Scott Wiggerman. Remember, all other events at the conference are open to all registrants and do not require sign-ups.
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Shipping Books, etc., to Haiku North America 2017
We now have approval from the conference hotel to receive shipped materials for the HNA 2017 Book Fair and Silent Auction. Please address your packages to:
Hotel Santa Fe/The Hacienda and Spa
1501 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Attn: Andrew Young (Haiku North America)
Important: Shipments must be timed to arrive only after Labor Day (September 4, 2017).
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The HNA 2017 Raffle
We’re delighted by a most generous donation to HNA 2017. Prominent painter William Berra (husband of Santa Fe Haiku Group’s Alanna Burke) has given one of his wonderful oil paintings on a New Mexico theme to the Conference and another to use on the cover on the SFHG’s new members’ chapbook. The painting will be raffled at the Conference, with tickets priced at $5.00 each or three for $10.00.
Berra’s work was recently featured in a show titled William Berra: Inspired by Nature, June 24–July 22, 2017, at the Nedra Mateucci Gallery, one of Santa Fe’s top venues. For more information about the artist, see the Wikipedia article, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Berra.
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Haiku Neophytes Welcome!
Of course we hope all conference events will appeal to neophytes and well as established haikuists, your HNA 2017 Organizing Committee has made a special effort to have plenty of sessions to assist newbies. The following events are specifically tailored to appeal to beginners:
Revising Haiku for Beginners (Workshop)
— Scott Wiggerman
Those new to haiku often sense that something’s not quite working in haiku they’ve written, but they don’t know what it is or how to fix it. In this critiquing workshop for newbies, Earthsigns co-editor Scott Wiggerman will lead the way in discussing haiku that you bring to the workshop, highlighting techniques that just might turn mediocre haiku into something you can be proud of. With open minds, be prepared to share, discuss, and put your worst work forward.
What Is a Haiku, What is an English-language Haiku, And Why Do We Ask These Questions? (Workshop)
— John Stevenson
What we call haiku today is the product of many centuries of evolution. This presentation will focus on what is consistent through most of that period and what has fallen away as haiku has been adapted to the poetics of various languages and cultures, particularly to English-language practices. The program is open to all but is tailored to be of most value to poets relatively new to haiku.
Haiku: The Basics (Workshop)
— Jeannie Martin
A workshop for those new to haiku, we will cover the basics: form and structure, content, the four most recent trends in writing haiku, and a little history. We will take a look at famous and not so famous haiku and review the elements that make them work. Participants will have an opportunity to consider what attracts them to haiku and what may be their preference in terms of style and content.
Prickly Pear: Touch in Haiku (Workshop)
— Jeannie Martin
Touch is perhaps our most basic sense, the way we first experience the world and often, our last as well. In this workshop we will focus on touch in haiku: how we convey deep reality, connection with nature and each other, and belonging through this most basic sense. After reading a variety of haiku involving touch, we will try our hands at writing a touch haiku using an easy prompt.
Haiku: A First for Everything (Workshop)
— Tom Painting
Unlock the rich treasury of your memory, the power of imagination and a keener awareness of the here-and-now. Participants will focus on “firsts” as a way isolate moments in time around which one may build haiku.
The Power of Kigo in Making Haiku
— Makoto Nakanishi
Kigo--season words—can be very powerful in bringing out rich and colorful images for readers of haiku. It is even said that one season word is worth 20 to 30 sentences! This presentation will explore the power of season words, using examples from the haiku classes I have conducted in Canada.
Rengay Workshop
— Garry Gay
This hands-on workshop will be taught by the creator of the rengay, a fun and easy Western linking form. The rengay will be explained and explored, and participants will divide into twos or threes to write their own collaborative poems. If you can write haiku, you can write rengay! Come join us for some fun.
Seeing Haiku: Haiku in American Sign Language and Sign Mime
— Jerome Cushman
A few well-known haiku will be performed using ASL and sign mime, followed by a discussion of the special analysis required to translate haiku/senryu. Time permitting, we’ll try to sign haiku/senryu submitted by members of the audience.
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Charles Trumbull ([email protected])
for the HNA 2017 Organizing Committee
This the 11th of a series of bulletins about arrangements and the program for the Haiku North America conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 13–17 September 2017.
News Bulletins are posted on the HNA blog (http://www.haikunorthamerica.com/blog) and our Facebook and Twitter pages. Please check there if you have missed a posting.
If you would rather not receive these e-mails, let us know and we’ll take your name off the mailing list. On the other hand, your feedback is welcome.
* * * * *
Workshop Sign-ups Closed
All the HNA 2017 workshops that require early sign-up have now been filled. Please do not make any more requests to attend the workshops of Natalie Goldberg, Lidia Rozmus, Tom Leech, Tom Painting, or Scott Wiggerman. Remember, all other events at the conference are open to all registrants and do not require sign-ups.
* * * * *
Shipping Books, etc., to Haiku North America 2017
We now have approval from the conference hotel to receive shipped materials for the HNA 2017 Book Fair and Silent Auction. Please address your packages to:
Hotel Santa Fe/The Hacienda and Spa
1501 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Attn: Andrew Young (Haiku North America)
Important: Shipments must be timed to arrive only after Labor Day (September 4, 2017).
* * * * *
The HNA 2017 Raffle
We’re delighted by a most generous donation to HNA 2017. Prominent painter William Berra (husband of Santa Fe Haiku Group’s Alanna Burke) has given one of his wonderful oil paintings on a New Mexico theme to the Conference and another to use on the cover on the SFHG’s new members’ chapbook. The painting will be raffled at the Conference, with tickets priced at $5.00 each or three for $10.00.
Berra’s work was recently featured in a show titled William Berra: Inspired by Nature, June 24–July 22, 2017, at the Nedra Mateucci Gallery, one of Santa Fe’s top venues. For more information about the artist, see the Wikipedia article, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Berra.
* * * * *
Haiku Neophytes Welcome!
Of course we hope all conference events will appeal to neophytes and well as established haikuists, your HNA 2017 Organizing Committee has made a special effort to have plenty of sessions to assist newbies. The following events are specifically tailored to appeal to beginners:
Revising Haiku for Beginners (Workshop)
— Scott Wiggerman
Those new to haiku often sense that something’s not quite working in haiku they’ve written, but they don’t know what it is or how to fix it. In this critiquing workshop for newbies, Earthsigns co-editor Scott Wiggerman will lead the way in discussing haiku that you bring to the workshop, highlighting techniques that just might turn mediocre haiku into something you can be proud of. With open minds, be prepared to share, discuss, and put your worst work forward.
What Is a Haiku, What is an English-language Haiku, And Why Do We Ask These Questions? (Workshop)
— John Stevenson
What we call haiku today is the product of many centuries of evolution. This presentation will focus on what is consistent through most of that period and what has fallen away as haiku has been adapted to the poetics of various languages and cultures, particularly to English-language practices. The program is open to all but is tailored to be of most value to poets relatively new to haiku.
Haiku: The Basics (Workshop)
— Jeannie Martin
A workshop for those new to haiku, we will cover the basics: form and structure, content, the four most recent trends in writing haiku, and a little history. We will take a look at famous and not so famous haiku and review the elements that make them work. Participants will have an opportunity to consider what attracts them to haiku and what may be their preference in terms of style and content.
Prickly Pear: Touch in Haiku (Workshop)
— Jeannie Martin
Touch is perhaps our most basic sense, the way we first experience the world and often, our last as well. In this workshop we will focus on touch in haiku: how we convey deep reality, connection with nature and each other, and belonging through this most basic sense. After reading a variety of haiku involving touch, we will try our hands at writing a touch haiku using an easy prompt.
Haiku: A First for Everything (Workshop)
— Tom Painting
Unlock the rich treasury of your memory, the power of imagination and a keener awareness of the here-and-now. Participants will focus on “firsts” as a way isolate moments in time around which one may build haiku.
The Power of Kigo in Making Haiku
— Makoto Nakanishi
Kigo--season words—can be very powerful in bringing out rich and colorful images for readers of haiku. It is even said that one season word is worth 20 to 30 sentences! This presentation will explore the power of season words, using examples from the haiku classes I have conducted in Canada.
Rengay Workshop
— Garry Gay
This hands-on workshop will be taught by the creator of the rengay, a fun and easy Western linking form. The rengay will be explained and explored, and participants will divide into twos or threes to write their own collaborative poems. If you can write haiku, you can write rengay! Come join us for some fun.
Seeing Haiku: Haiku in American Sign Language and Sign Mime
— Jerome Cushman
A few well-known haiku will be performed using ASL and sign mime, followed by a discussion of the special analysis required to translate haiku/senryu. Time permitting, we’ll try to sign haiku/senryu submitted by members of the audience.
* * * * *
Charles Trumbull ([email protected])
for the HNA 2017 Organizing Committee
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