Artemis Journal Launch

Taubman Museum of Art
Donnie Secreast

Come join in the fun and support the Journal and Taubman Museum with a program featuring Singer, and songwriter, Lara Taubman and her band.

Lara Taubman

Following a career as an Art curator, Lara turned her attention to music and began writing, producing, and singing. Her intention has always been to create work that is healing.

“2021 was the year I began to cover some classic gospel songs.
Singing those deep, healing sounds sparked something profound in my body and mind. I believe
part of the reason I began writing music at all was so I could climb inside of a song, to embody it.
The inspiration of classic gospel brought me that experience when I wrote these songs.
Being from the South and my roots in Appalachian music are not far from classic gospel music.
The two kinds of music have always intermingled historically.
In a way, these new songs have brought me closer to my southern background but in a deeper,
more spiritual way.”
Lara Taubman

“That ol’ feeling you get listening to good lo-fi music
via hi-fi just got a retro update via Lara, channeling the
likes of Patsy Cline and other ol’ giants of a smoky lounge
scene with that signature sound that is captivatingly
Lara and totally original.”
RYAN MARTIN
JAMMERZINE

For more information;
https://www.larataubman.com/

We will also honor Dr. Sandee McGlaun, associate professor of English and director of the Writing Center, who died Sept. 4 after a long battle with breast cancer.  

Her husband, Steve Prisley, posted to her social media: “The earth has lost a beautiful soul today as Sandee McGlaun left her weary and wounded body after a long and determined battle with cancer. Visit her Still Life Beyond Cancer blog to read her encouragement to hold your loved ones close, always choose kindness, and savor each moment.”


Dr. Sandee McGlaun

Her poetry will appear in the Artemis Journal alongside artist Bob Rotche, who collaborated with Professor McGlann during her last days. Here is their work as it appears in the Artemis Journal.
http://www.bobroche.com

 

                 Fundraiser Tickets                         

$25 non-members – $20 TMA members            

For more information
http://www.taubmanmuseum.org

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Late Nights: Artemis Poetry Journal Launch

Friday, September 2, 2022

5-7:30 pm

Taubman Museum of Art

110 Salem Avenue SE
Roanoke, VA 24011

Join us for a night of art and poetry as Artemis Journal launches its 2022 edition!

Featuring readings from acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni, original performances from Southwest Virginia Ballet, and artwork from painter Steven Kenny (whose work graces this year’s cover), the evening promises to be filled with lively conversation and engaging entertainment!

5-6 pm: Catch up with friends and meet new ones while enjoying a cash bar, light refreshments, and open galleries
6-7:30 pm: Artemis Journal poetry readings and discussion featuring Jeri Rogers, Nikki Giovanni, and others; Southwest Virginia Ballet will perform during the readings
7:30-9 pm: Open galleries, cash bar, and light refreshments continue

Advance registration is encouraged to reserve your seat!

Fee: $25 general public | $20 members

Fundraiser for Artemis & Taubman Museum

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Cover image by Steven Kenny “The Flock”

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Artemis 2021 cover artist

Artemis 21 will be released in June. This year’s journal publishes fledgling writers and artists alongside prominent writers such as Nikki Giovanni, Virginia Poet Laureates, Luisa Igloria, Ron smith, Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, U.S. Poet Laureates, Rita Dove, Natasha Trethewey, as well as prominent artists such as Donna Polseno, Betty Branch, Bill White, and Linda Atkinson.

Acclaimed ceramic sculptress, Donna Polseno will grace our cover

*Donna Polseno

Donna Polseno is a sculptor and potter living in the mountains of southwest Virginia. Donna will be featured on our next 2021 Artemis cover to be released in June.

Artemis Journal 2021

She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and has been honored with 2 NEA Artist Fellowships and a Virginia Museum Artists Grant. Donna has shown her work in major exhibitions in museums and galleries, nationally and internationally. Her work has been published in many books and magazines.

Donna has taught seminars at many schools including Penland School, Haystack Mountain School, Anderson Ranch, Jingdezhen University in China, La Meridiana School of Ceramics in Italy. She lives and works part-time in a small village in Italy. She was a ceramics instructor at Hollins University for 15 years, where she created and still directs the “Women Working With Clay” Symposium.

Jeri Rogers interviews Donna on the latest Artemis Podcast Speaks

go to our Podcast link on this website

*Photo by Jeri Rogers

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Artemis Journal Launch 2020: A Reading and Conversation with Poet Jeanne Larsen

Join us Sunday, September 13th at 2-3 pm for the video launch of the event

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63XHo-ggcoI.

This year’s event to celebrate Artemis Journal’s annual launch has gone virtual! Join us for an intimate reading with poet Jeanne Larsen, followed by a conversation with Larsen, Artemis founder and editor Jeri Rogers, and Taubman Museum of Art’s Education Manager Stephanie Fallon. The program takes place in the exhibition Celestial Centennial: The Art and Legacy of Dorothy Gillespie, surrounded by artwork created by this year’s 2020 Artemis Journal cover artist.

Jeanne Larsen is a poet, translator, novelist, essayist, and sometimes short fiction writer. What Penelope Chooses is her 9th book; she has published in Artemis Journal fourteen times.

This year’s journal, Artemis Journal 2020 will be the 27th published journal to date and will include poetry from two Virginia Poet Laureates, Ron Smith and Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda and a U.S. Poet Laureate, Natasha Trethewey. Maurice Ferguson, Literary Editor of Artemis, received over 400 submissions this year from across the United States and internationally, and includes 170 of the submissions.

The theme for this year’s journal will be “Season of Women” and will be a centennial celebration of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution giving women the right to vote passed one hundred years ago. In celebrating this momentous event, they are honoring an artist who was also born 100 years ago and made an impact on the art scene here in Roanoke, nationally, and internally. Dorothy Gillespie, 1920-2012, supported their fledgling idea of starting a feminist literary and art journal by donating a beautiful pastel for their very first cover.

This event is free to enjoy! All donations are welcome and will benefit the Taubman Museum’s education department during these challenging times.

REGISTRATION IS FREE! Please follow the link for donations; all amounts welcome and will benefit the education department of the Taubman Museum!

https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/calendar/24464/artemis-journal-launch-2020-a-reading-and-conversation-with-poet-jeanne-larsen

Join us for an interview with Jeanne on our new Podcast “Artemis Speaks”

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1262438

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Artemis Journal 2020

 2020 Artemis launch

September 4, 2020

Due to the health crisis facing our community, the annual launch originally slated for June 5, has been rescheduled to September 4 at the Taubman Museum of Art.  The journals will be released in July. For more information go to our store front. (20% discount for subscriptions)

Here is a sneak preview of the cover by the acclaimed artist, Dorothy Gillespie. Dorothy graced our very first cover back in 1977 when we created the journal as a result of writing workshops for abused women. Dorothy was an avid supporter of public art and a feminist who chartered her way through the art world in New York City. Our 1977 cover created a stir and became the first art mural in downtown Roanoke, Va. A Roanoke native, Dorothy Gillespie (1920–2012) would have turned 100 this June. She remains the most nationally recognized artist who was born and raised in the Roanoke Valley and taught at Radford University in the nearby New River Valley. Artemis Journal is pleased to partner with the Taubman Museum of Art by celebrating Dorothy Gillespie.

 

1977 Artemis Cover by Dorothy Gillespie

 

 

Artemis is grateful for the support of the Roanoke Arts Commission & the Roanoke Taubman Museum of Art
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Celebration! 100th Anniversary of United States 19th Amendment

Year 2020

Marks the 100th anniversary of the
19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
giving women the right to vote

Our challenge to artists and writers

What does freedom of expression mean to you?
In the year of 1920, American women were granted the right to express themselves by voting.

Today, non- disclosure agreements (NDA) for sexual abuse are still used to silence women. In looking forward to next year, Artemis Journal supports the movement for free expression in all areas of our lives.

Our theme is open-ended and not limited to gender or specific ideas regarding artistic expression. However, that being said, the editors hope your submissions are sensitive to our mission and celebrate this Season of Women!

In memory of the late Toni Morrison
(1931-2019)

 

“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”
                                                          *Toni Morrison

*Winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, National Humanities Medal, Nobel Prize in Literature & Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

 
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Sally Mann, photographer, and Natasha Trethewey, featured artist & poet

Natasha Trethewey, US Poet Laureate

 

Artemis 2019
              On the Maury, Sally Mann

Artemis Journals will be released at our  Celebration Launch featuring Southwest Virginia Ballet dance performance “Poetry in Motion”

Fundraiser to benefit Artemis and Taubman Museum of Art

June 7th, Taubman Museum of Art

doors open at 6:30pm – program to begin at 7-8pm

to purchase tickets (seats limited to 200)

https://24531.blackbaudhosting.com/24531/Artemis-Launch-01Jun2019

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2019 Artemis Launch Fundraiser

Artemis is launching the 2019 journal featuring Sally Mann’s photograph on the cover. Please join in the celebration on June 7th at the beautiful Taubman Museum of Art featuring a dance performance “Poetry in Motion” by the Southwest Virginia Ballet Company.

To purchase tickets for the fundraiser;

https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/calendar/10759/artemis-journal-annual-launch-special-performance-with-southwest-virginia-ballethttps:

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Looking forward to Launching Artemis 2019

Artemis will explore the power of movement, and how immersing our eyes in new experiences can lead to a happier, healthier and more fulfilled existence.  By collaborating with Southwest Virginia Ballet, we will celebrate the launch of this year’s journal by presenting an evening of joy through interpretive dance and poetry.

 

Roanoke Taubman Museum of Art

Friday, June 7, 2019

6:30 pm

https://www.taubmanmuseum.org

http://www.svballet.org

Artemis is grateful for the continuing support from the Roanoke Arts Commission & The Roanoke Taubman Museum of Art
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Artemis Journal 2019 Launch

Atrium, Roanoke Taubman Museum of Art

“Women hold up half the sky”

Celebration Launch Date

June 7, 2019 – 6:30 pm

Roanoke Taubman Museum of Art

110 Salem Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia 24011

Artemis is grateful for the continued support by the Roanoke Arts Commission

and the Roanoke Taubman Museum of Art

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