Broadsided: April in #Mountainair, Vectorizing Poetry #NPM

FYI ~ Poets and Writers Picnic and Tamra Hays ~ Manzano Mountain Art Council member, poet, travel writer, gardener and photographer ~ represent Mountainair as Broadsiding Vectors.  There is always room for more poetry, more art and more Vectors broadsiding both. Join us!

 

Download the Broadsided file to print & post (396kb PDF) 

More about Broadsiding: loosely defined as single sheets of paper printed on one side, broadsides were the most diverse form of brief, single-occasion publishing before the Civil War. Dating back much earlier in England and Europe, broadsides became a prime means of communication in the United States.  Announcements, advertisements, song lyrics, commentaries, cartoons, and poems were printed and posted in towns across the nation. Later, 20th century writing movements claimed the broadside as a below-the-radar way to get their words out onto the streets. Locally, broadsides remain the dominant print medium for publishing and distributing public notices. Where better than Mountainair to continue the tradition by broadsiding poetry and art?

New Broadsided Collaboration for Your Vectorizing

Broadsided April 15, 2012 - Ready, Set, POST! It's the Post-A-Thon Dear Vectors and Friends of Broadsided, For National Poetry Month, we want to see you out there putting poetry on the streets (oh, and art, and...). To make it more interesting, we offer a contest (with prizes): POST-A-THON: April 15 - 25, in honor of National Poetry Month, we are going to ask you to get creative in your Broadsided posting and vectorization. There are categories and prizes: Bring along a digital camera and take a picture when you post Broadsided this month, then send it to us at broadsided.subs@gmail.com with "Post-A-Thon" in the subject header, the category you'd like to enter in, and a brief description of your shot by April 25. If you're on Facebook, post it on our page wall - http://www.facebook.com/Broadsided) The best photos in the following categories were awarded a high-quality print of a Broadsided publication, signed by artist and/or author. PRIZE CATEGORIES:  Caught Looking: Snap a shot of someone staring at a Broadsided you've posted.  'Best Location: A unique spot for posting Broadsided.  Arty: Moody, framed, unique in some way... this photo speaks.  Editors' Choice: Because we don't know what you'll surprise us with!  Get the complete guidelines here.

Broadsided: Putting Literature and Art on the Streets - Vectorize Your Town!