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Texas Book Festival. 11/5/17

​SOLO Book Reception
Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess
Harlem, NY
8/3

Celebration of Authors Gala
Houston, TX
7/29

​ESC Write For Texas Summer Institute
Huntsville, TX
7/26

​The Ocotillo Review Launch Party / Reading
Houston, TX
7/21

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Model Schools Conference
Nashville, TN
6/27

I auditioned / helped to select the poets for this show. 
​You're in for a treat!

TEPSA
Austin, TX
6/15

Write Texas: Humanities Texas
​San Marcos, TX
6/6-9

Wimberley Book Festival
6/10/17

PM Show Auditions
Houston
4/29/17

Round Top Poetry Festival
Round Top
4/22/17

Texas Alliance of Black School Educators
​Houston
​2/25

Shakespeare With A Purpose Event
​University of Houston
​2/17

2017 TALE Conference
​Corpus Christi
2/10 - 2/11

​Texas Book Festival
​11/6/16

Half Price Books
​Austin
​11/4/16

Webb Middle School: Author Visit
​11/4/16

The Van Show: Austin Public Library
​11/4/16

Port O'Connor:
Friends of the Library Dinner
9/17/16

Sugar Land Book Festival
​9/10/16

When Dove Cry Exhibit 
​FACRAG
8/5/16
*Photo credit: Franklin Arts Center

Jill Rouse, Region VI
Mentor Texts Workshop
8/3/16

TB10
​7/23/16

ACBF
7/23/16

SAIBF
7/16/16

​HCF
7/3/16

GA Tour: Part I
​6/22-6/25

Location: Artist Alley table 2237

Wimberley Book Festival
6/11/16

May Flowers Reception
5/15/16

​Best In Show: Oh Snap! 3
4/7/16

 
         49:

Wings & Prayers 

   
​     On sale at AWP!
 

  Booth 1419

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Art Space, Austin, TX
"Chemistry" is exhibited.
2.5.16 - 3.5.16.

ArtSpace Exhibit: Celebrating the Words of African Americans
1.12.16 - 2.27.16.

​"Afternoon Muse" is exhibited. 

​Region 4 Reading and Writing Conference.   11.11.15.

My poetry on exhibit: Augusta Savage Gallery-University of Massachusetts Amherst
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 Sandra Cisneros!
Texas Book Festival.

Join me at the MFAH for Workshops for Educators.
Registration: http://houmuse.com/museum-educators-open-house/ 

O'Donnell Middle School, Alief,TX. Poetry Slam   5.20.15. 

Harper Alternative School's College and Career Day.  10.28.14.

SCMLA Conference.  10.19.14.

Van’s photo is accepted for the 8th annual f/22 Open Juried Photography Exhibition, judged by Carlos Maldonado. The signed photo will be on display and for sale at the Firehouse Gallery in Del Rio, TX.  July 4th-26th.

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SKILL SET: EKPHRASTIC POETRY WITH VAN GARRETT CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM HOUSTON
Saturday, July 12 | 12-2PM
http://camh.org/calendar/2014/4/skill-set-van-garrett#

MUSEUM EDUCATORS OPEN HOUSE 2014
                             JANUARY 25, 2014
http://houstonmuseumdistrict.org/museum-educators-open-house/

The Arts of Observation and written expression gives students the chance to experience an artist’s story first-hand in the MFAH galleries. Practice observation, communication, empathy, and introspection using various works of art from the museum’s collections as prompts for a writing experience. Workshop Leader: Van G. Garrett

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Wharton Junior High
Wharton, TX.  1.16.14.

Southmore Intermediate School 
Pasadena, TX. 10.02.13.

Photos by Dongmei Wu

 Sacred to Profane: 2013 Spring MFAH Writers Workshops 

Writers at all levels welcome! 

The Spring 2013 MFAH Writers Workshops, led by celebrated author and poet, Van G. Garrett, and an MFAH Educator, take a cross-cultural and cross-temporal look at works in the museums’ galleries of Asian, African, and indigenous American Art. Special emphasis will be given to The Glassell Collections of African, Indonesian & Pre-Columbian Gold. 

Each workshop is designed around works of art that address a different aspect of the theme Sacred to Profane. 

Discover how to use what you experience looking closely at works in the museum’s galleries as a springboard to writing. 

All participants will engage with ice-breaker activities, an interactive gallery experience, free-time to write, and a mini-conference with Garrett. 


Speak to Me: The World of Spirits 

Saturday, Mar 23, 2013 from 1 to 5 p.m. 

Workshop Leader: Van G. Garrett 

Van G. Garrett, Houston-based and internationally celebrated literary artist, has had poetry and essays published in journals and anthologies based in the United States, England, Switzerland, Turkey and numerous African nations. He has received noteworthy awards and fellowships, served as a judge for the National Poetry Slam and The ARTlines Competition (co-sponsored by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Public Poetry), and refereed for the International Journal of the Asian Philosophical Association (IJAPA). Garrett earned an MA in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Houston-Victoria, BA from Houston Baptist University, and a Certificate in African American Studies from the University of Houston. 

Registration 

$25 for MFAH members; $35 for general public. 

Registration is limited to 20 participants. 

Please bring a notebook and pencils. (Pens are discouraged in the galleries.) Or bring your iPad, netbook, or other laptop! 

A selection of beverages and snacks are included. 

In case you cannot attend once registered, please contact us as soon as possible at [email protected] so we can admit someone from the stand-by list. 

A limited number of scholarships are available for current full-time undergraduate or graduate students. 

https://ecomm.mfah.org/mfah/Reservation.aspx?eventtypeid=4500&eventcategoryid=200

Image: EWE 
Ghana or Togo 
Crown 
Early 20th century 
Gold 
6 3/4 x 7 inches
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 
Gift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

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Guest Poet, Carver High School
Nov. 14th

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Mermaids and Merwomen in Black Folklore: A Fiber Arts Exhibition
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20120902/PC12/120909976/1118/water-spirits-art-strolls-on-tap

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Writers Workshop    9/1
* Photos by Heidi Straube and Jay Heuman

Museum of Fine Arts, HoustonWriters Workshop    8/4
* Photos by Sara Wheeler

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 
Writers Workshop    7/7

MFAH Writers Workshops

http://www.mfah.org/learn/literary-events/
 

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4/28    KCOH  AM 1430   
5:00-6:00 p.m.

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Museum of Fine Arts Houston
4/21    3:00 p.m.

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*Photos From Past Events Below...

Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Serel, TX
Black History Month Program
2/19       10:00 a.m.

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Park Place Library, Houston, TX

Nuestra Palabra: 90.1 KPFT 
Karina Junker, Tony Diaz, and Alan Ainsworth

90.1 KPFT
1/31    7:30 p.m.

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Celebrating The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Boys & Girls Club of Wharton, TX 
1/14   11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

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Live in Latvia Slideshow...

EVENTS

                                      
Texas: Public Poetry Reading         8/6
http://publicpoetry.net/

Texas:  http://www.witshouston.org/events    6/23

Texas: Lovers, Saints, and Sinners: Part 2      3/5
(details on "tour page")         

GA: Georgia College and State University                 
“COLLAB for AWARENESS”     http://events.gcsu.edu/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=996        2/20 - 2/23

Texas: Lovers, Saints, and Sinners (details on "tour page") 

Fort Lauderdale, FL Public Readings and Workshops: African American Research Library and Cultural Center  12/20 (11 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) http://www.broward.org/library 
         

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Georgia College and State University

African American Research Library and Cultural Center   

PAST EVENTS (SUMMER 2010)
Author Appearance: Libreria Bookstore, Milan, Italy  7/7 (2:00 p.m.)
Video Shoot: Paris, France  7/8 (5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.)
Creative Writing Roundtable Discussion, Tuscany, Italy 7/10 (4:30 p.m.) 
Author Appearance: Book Festival and Cultural Fair, Ostia, Italy (downtown) 7/15 (9:00 p.m.)
Author Appearance: Delta Sigma Theta National Convention, New Orleans, LA (Convention Center) 7/31 (8:00-11:00 p.m.) 

 Snaps of Ghana Exhibit (2009)
http://oneghanaonevoice.com/search/label/Snaps%20of%20Ghana