Coming Up
Writing Workshop
“Stories of Your Ancestors:
Rediscover the Art of Oral Storytelling”
When: Tuesday, February 28 • 6 to 8pm
Where: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Education Annex
123 Grant Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico
More Info: 505-946-1039
Cost: Free • Registration Required
Collaborative Performance
Four Poets Respond
What: A collaborative blend of theater, art and literature by poets Lauren Camp, Jasmine Cuffee, Valerie Martinez and Shelle Sanchez. Directed by Tricklock Company member Elsa Menendez and part of Women and Creativity Month.
When: Thursday, March 8 • 7pm
Where: National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Cost: Free
Art Exhibit
“Odes and Offerings”
What: An art and poetry project for the Santa Fe Poet Laureate program, featuring collaborations between 36 poets and 36 visual artists.
When: Reception — Friday, March 23 • 5 to 7pm
Exhibit — March 23 to June 8
Where: Santa Fe Community Gallery
201 West Marcy Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Cost: Free
Reading
“The Need to Return:
Four Writers on Family and Heritage”
What: Drama on Barcelona reading with Lauren Camp, Margaret Randall, Elaine Maria Upton and Richard Vargas
When: Sunday, April 15 • 3 to 4pm
Where: Unitarian-Universalist Congregation
107 West Barcelona, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Cost: Free (donation requested)
Highlights From the Past
Selected Gigs
Reading and Book Signing
When: October 2011
Where: Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center
Venice, California
Four Writers Writing The Landscape
What: Authors Lauren Camp, Joan Logghe, Anne Hillerman and David Grant Noble
When: August 2011
“The Antigone Project”
What: Poetry performance in collaboration with Theaterwork's production of Jean Anouilh's “Antigone”
When: April 2011
SITE Santa Fe Workshop:
“Fairy Tales and Surreal Spaces”
What: Lauren leads a two-day writing workshop based on the exhibit of art by Amy Cutler and Ruth Claxton.
When: April 2011
Four Poets Respond to
“Women and Women”
What: Poets Lauren Camp, Jamie Figueroa, Valerie Martínez and Shelle Sanchez present a collaborative performance inspired by “Women and Women: Photographs by Spanish Women,” an exhibit from the Instituto Cervantes.
When: March 2011
Where: National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Jamie Figueroa, Shelle Sanchez, Valerie Martínez and Lauren Camp collaborated on a spoken word performance in response to a photo exhibit entitled “Women and Women.”
The Return of “Two Poets and a Piano”
What: Poets Richard Atkinson and Lauren Camp
with pianist Chris Ishee — plus special guests Arlen Asher on reeds and Paul Brown on bass and oud
When: March 2011
Where: Counter Culture Cafe
Santa Fe, New Mexico
“New Mexico Women Poets Write the World”
What: Poets Lauren Camp, Renee Gregorio, Joan Logghe and Elaine Upton read and discuss their writing.
When: March 2011
Where: Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
San Miguel Writers’ Conference
What: Conference faculty
When: February 2011
Where: San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
Poetry at Paul’s
What: Reading with poet Lisa Gill
When: November 2010
Where: Chupadero, NM
“Triptych: Richard Vargas, Lauren Camp
and Gary Jackson”
When: October 2010
Where: presented by the Local Poets Guild,
Albuquerque, NM
“Ten Poems with Roots:
A Sunset Poetry Performance”
When: October 2010
Where: The Gardens on Spring Creek, Fort Collins, CO
Church of Beethoven featured poet
When: September 2010
Where: Albuquerque, NM
“Fur Stethoscope”
What: Performance with poet Zoë Bird
and
bassist/oud player Paul Brown
When: April 2010
Where: Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
When: September 2008
Where: Chupadero, NM
“Counterlines”
What: Duet with pianist/composer John Rangel
When: July 2009
Where: Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque, NM
“Jazz Under the Stars” featured poet
with Southwest Jazz Orchestra
When: July 2006, 2007 and 2008
Where: Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
“Bath House Asylum”
What: Improvised performance with
multi-instrumentalist Kim Corbet
When: November 2008
Where: Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Latest News
Magazine Cover Story
In the January/February 2012 issue of Santa Fe oneheart magazine, author Cindy Bellinger does a remarkable job of capturing all the various facets of Lauren’s creative endeavours.
The article covers her early career as a visual artist working with fabric, her current focus on writing and performing poetry, and her weekly music and poetry radio show, “Audio Saucepan.”
It also talks about the ways Lauren shares her skills with other writers through her blog, Which Silk Shirt, and her creative writing workshops.
To read the article, click here.
Art and Poetry Exhibit
Joan Logghe, the 2011-12 Poet Laureate of Santa Fe, will present her final project at the Santa Fe Community Gallery in an exhibit from March 23 to June 8. “Odes and Offerings,” an art and poetry project, pairs 36 poets with 36 artists in a unique collaborative process.
Ms. Logghe selected poets and invited them to submit four poems. From those, she chose two, which she passed along to the artists who then selected pieces that inspired them to create visual works.
Lauren Camp’s poems went to book artist Joy Campbell.
There will be a reception on March 23. Readings and workshops are also planned for the run of the exhibit.
Lauren Edits Iraq Poetry Anthology
The Fall 2011 Malpais Review includes an Anthology of Iraqi poetry guest-edited by Lauren Camp. The anthology features poems by Lami‘ah Abbas Amarah, Fadhil al Azzawi, Lamees Al Ethari, Dunya Mikhail, Alise Alousi, Hayan Charara, Daniel Khalastchi, Saadi Youssef, Isa al-Yasiri and Basim Furat and an introductory essay by Lauren.
In addition to this issue of the Albuquerque-based Malpais Review, Lauren posted a three-part interview with one of the poets, Dunya Mikhail, on her blog, Which Silk Shirt.
Road Writing
One of Lauren's smallest poems was selected for New Mexico's backroads and strange corners.
Axle Contemporary, the newest art space in town, and the only mobile gallery in Santa Fe, initiated a Haiku Roadsign Project, and asked New Mexican writers to pony up their best 17-syllable thoughts.
Lauren's little poem was on the sign for one week in June 2011. At the close of the project, in the autumn, the gallery owners will publish all the poems in a book, with photos of each haiku on the sign.
Selected Solo Art Exhibits
“Lauren Camp: Connections”
When: October - November 2010
Where: Greeley Civic Center, Greeley, CO
“Flinch: a Study of Your Self”
When: March 2009
Where: Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
“The Fabric of Jazz:
A Tribute to the Genius of American Music”
When: March 2011
Where: Society for Contemporary Crafts,
Pittsburgh, PA
When: July - September 2007
Where: Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
When: January 2007 - March 2007
Where: Franklin G. Burroughs – Simeon B. Chapin
Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
When: August - September 2006
Where: Compuware World Headquarters, Detroit, MI
When: May 2006 - July 2006
Where: The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, NM
When: November 2005 - April 2006
Where: Mesa Southwest Museum, Mesa, AZ
When: August - October 2005
Where: Delta Blues Museum, Clarksdale, MS
When: May - July 2005
Where: The American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, MO
When: February - April 2005
Where: Albright Cultural Center, Reading, PA
When: June - September 2004
Where: Museum of the American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY
When: January - April 2004
Where: Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO
Invitational Exhibits
“Waste/Not” in collaboration with
the
City of Santa Fe Solid Waste Department
When: September - November 2010
Where: Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
“Meander: Works Inspired by
the Santa Fe River”
When: April - June 2010
Where: Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
“Seeing Jazz”
When: January - April 2009
Where: Manchester’s Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
“Fiber + Book”
When: September - October 2007
Where: Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA
More Gigs from the Past
“Duology 3”
What: Improvised duet with pianist Peter Breslin
When: November 2007
Where: The College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
“ARTiculations”
What: Collaborative improvisation with sound artist
CK Barlow and musician Rufus Cohen
When: March 2007
Where: Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM