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MIDDLETOWN, Calif. — The Middletown Art Center seeks strong, well-crafted artwork in any medium that expresses movement through materials and content — physical, political, spiritual, metaphorical and more.
The exhibition seeks to present a variety of perspectives and interpretations of a single word under this unifying theme.
“Move!” will be on view from Jan. 8 to March 28 in the MAC gallery and feature a collection of works in various mediums by multiple artists.
Submissions for the exhibit are due Dec. 15 to 18, via email.
The opening reception will take place Jan. 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. in person at MAC and online via Zoom and is free to the public.
Please visit www.middletownartcenter.org/calls-for-work for details on submission criteria and to download an application.
All work will be juried by the MAC Curatorial Team. In addition to the gallery exhibit, work will be showcased on MAC’s website through an interactive 3D virtual gallery, as well as on www.ArtworkArchive.com.
MAC’s current exhibit “LIGHT” is on view through Jan. 2. Be sure to catch this compelling group show which features an interactive sound and light installation by Aimee Marcinko, former Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology Project resident.
The MAC Gallery is open Thursday through Monday, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by appointment by calling 707-809-8118. Social distancing and masking are always observed.
Find out more about MAC programs and events including monthly First Fridays Open Mic and Makers Faire (next is Dec. 3), Christmas in Middletown Holiday Art Market (Dec. 11), and the many ways to engage with, support, and celebrate the arts and culture in Lake County at www.middletownartcenter.org or by liking or following @mtownartcenter on social media.
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There is a bit of slapstick comedy in this poem of conundrums.
In “Multiple Man: Guest-starring me & You,” Gary Jackson knows that he is playing a game with perception — is the “you” himself or someone else — perhaps a past lover?
But in the end, it does not matter, because the sense of loneliness and the hunger for companionship at the core of this poem are absolutely clear.
“You left me,” he says, with a hint of melodrama. But in the end, he reminds us that sometimes the perceived antidote for our need (our “dearth”) can be catastrophic (“the flood”).
Multiple Man: Guest-starring me & You
By Gary Jackson
Every night I sleep on alternate
sides of the bed, as if to duplicate
sleeping with you. If
I’m fast enough, I’m the warmth
of my own body beside me, reach
out and touch myself. Breach
the blue of my bones, breath in my own ear.
You left me. Lying here,
I left you to be with me.
Someone asks if your body
was worth trading for mine.
My sin was always pride.
Did you want a man who sleeps
with himself to keep
the bed warm? I need you like the earth
needed the flood after dearth.
American Life in Poetry does not accept unsolicited manuscripts. It is made possible by The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2021 by Gary Jackson, “Multiple Man: Guest-starring me & You” from origin story (University of New Mexico Press, 2021). Poem reprinted by permission of the author and the publisher. Introduction copyright ©2021 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction’s author, Kwame Dawes, is George W. Holmes Professor of English and Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner at the University of Nebraska.
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