Poetry of the Wild

Poetry of the Wild

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Connecticut NPR

  Avery Point Exhibit Combines Nature and Art By WNPR Staff | Published: Apr 26, 2013 Ana Flores: Nature Meets Art In Groton Sculptor and Ecological designer Ana Flores has been incorporating nature and art for years. The Rhode Island-based artist has a big presence right now at UConn’s Avery Point. Besides an exhibit of her …

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Poets and Writers

Discovering the Poetry of the Wild by Melissa Faliveno | NEWS AND TRENDS | September/October 2013 For ten years, ecological artist and sculptor Ana Flores of Charlestown, Rhode Island, has been bringing “Poetry of the Wild”—a series that “connects people to landscape by combining poetry, visual art, and nature observation”—to communities across the country and abroad. The …

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From the Perspective of a Folklorist

Communities and the Public Imaginary – Ten Years of the Poetry of the Wild Project by Suzanne MacAulay, Ph.D., from a paper presented at the Folkarts Society Conference. This discussion examines the many variations over the past ten years of the collaborative and public project of Poetry of the Wild (POW) comprised of poetry boxes …

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Hartford Courant

Artists Create a Poetry Walk Along Seaside at UConn in Groton June 20, 2013|By SUSAN DUNNE, sdunne@courant.com, The Hartford Courant David Madacsi has an ambiguous relationship with the ocean. His home along the Mystic River flooded during Hurricane Sandy. A mooring buoy with a rusty chain was one of the pieces of detritus that washed …

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Art New England

Some thoughts on Ana Flores’s Earth History, Selected Sculptures 1997-2013 July 3, 2013 By Patricia Rosoff, Art New England Online Some thoughts on Ana Flores’s Earth History, Selected Sculptures 1997-2013 [Part of Poetry of the Wild recently installed on the Sculpture Walk at the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, UConn at Avery Point, Groton …

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New London Day

Poetry takes a walk on the wild side AMY J. BARRY, Special to the Day | 04/29/2012 12:00 AM A newly installed poetry box created by Michael Peno, a Mitchell College junior from Providence with a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow inside, stands at the entrance of Mitchell Beach, while a group moves toward the …

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Mystic Arts Center

POETRY OF THE WILD Poetry of the Wild (POW), which was  first organized in 2011 during Mystic Art Center’s Outdoor Sculpture exhibit,  is a collaboration of the Mystic Arts Center, The Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art at UConn Avery Point and Expressiones Cultural Center in New London. POW was designed by Ana Flores, an ecological designer …

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