Arts and Culture at Edmonds CC

Arts and Culture at Edmonds CCStay in touch with the exciting concerts, plays and lectures happening on campus.http://www.edcc.edu/artsandculture New art exhibit, Influence: Metal as Material Influence: Metal as Material, an exhibit of works by 17 artists including sculpture, holloware, jewelry and mixed media curated by ArtsNow instructor Kristi Zevenbergen, shows Monday, Sept. 22 through Friday, Dec. 11 in the Edmonds Community College art gallery, third floor, Lynnwood Hall. Meet the artists at a reception 5-7:30 p.m., Friday, October 3 in the gallery. Culinary arts students provide light refreshments. http://www.edcc.edu/news/news.php?newsID=1296 Edmonds Community College receives Learn and Serve grant Edmonds Community College was one of 17 colleges in Washington and Idaho named by Washington Campus Compact as a recipient of a Learn and Serve in Higher Education grant. The college will receive a share of a $400,000 award from the Corporation for National & Community Service (CNCS) to promote service-learning, convene educators, and coordinate service-learning opportunities. Edmonds Community College students provide nearly 30,000 hours of service to 57 organizations per year in the colleges nationally recognized service-learning program. http://www.edcc.edu/news/news.php?newsID=1287 Free writing workshop: Exploring Haibun with Rebecca Brown Join us for a free hands-on writing workshop, Exploring Haibun, 1-2:30 p.m., Monday, July 28 in Mukilteo Hall. Local author Rebecca Brown introduces writers to haibun, a Japanese form of writing which combines elements of prose and poetry, and fiction and nonfiction. From Basho in 17th century Japan to Kerouac in 20th century America, writers have experimented with hybrid forms, merging paragraphs of prose with lines of poetry. This workshop is appropriate for writers of all levels who enjoy writing in any genre. To register, email amanda.laughtland@edcc.edu. http://www.edcc.edu/news/news.php?newsID=1282 Edmonds CC Community Read chooses Middle Passage For its all campus and community read in 2008-09, Edmonds Community College has selected Charles Johnson's Middle Passage, recipient of the 1990 National Book Award for fiction. Johnson was the first African-American male to win this prize since Ralph Ellison received it for Invisible Man in 1953. Middle Passage is about a newly freed slave in New Orleans 1830 who ends up leading a revolt aboard a slave clipper bound for Africa. http://www.edcc.edu/news/news.php?newsID=1276