Open Space for Arts & Community Podcast

Stories from the Literary Project: Episode 4

Welcome to the Open Space for Arts & Community podcast! Episode four features 10 stories from The Literary Project, the third chapter of !Attention! Artists at Work, an ongoing initiative presented by Open Space for Arts & Community.   !Attention! Artists at Work! hires working artists to create free, public art. Prior to The Literary Project, !AAW! launched "The Mural Project" and "Distance Dance." Learn more about those and upcoming !AAW! projects online at openspacevashon.org [https://www.openspacevashon.com/attention-artists-at-work/].   In late 2020, !Attention! Artists at Work announced “The Literary Project,” featuring Flash Fiction Prose & Poetry Project for writers from Vashon Island, Washington. 31 authors participated in “The Literary Project,” 23 of whom were financially impacted by COVID-19 and paid for their submissions. This episode features 10 stories from The Literary Project, the third !Attention! Artists at Work project: Seashell Heart by Vera Schoepe Naked! Wild! And in Trouble Again by John Sweetman and Seán Malone Bedtime Story by Heather Timken The Hammock by John van Amerongen land: to set down after conveying by Katy E. Ellis Feed the Birds by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma Angle Light by Karen Neslon Minding Home by William Stott Sing by Emily Keiko Pruiksma You Are Who I Lost by Martha Enson Episode narrated by Lyn McManus and Jeff Hoyt. Stories are inspired by the theme Close to Home.  To read works from “The Literary Project,” get artist bios, learn more about !Attention! Artists at Work and Open Space for Arts & Community, or donate to this effort, visit openspacevashon.org [https://www.openspacevashon.com/].

Stories from the Literary Project: Episode 3

Welcome to the Open Space for Arts & Community podcast! Episode three features 10 stories from The Literary Project, the third chapter of !Attention! Artists at Work, an ongoing initiative presented by Open Space for Arts & Community.   !Attention! Artists at Work! hires working artists to create free, public art. Prior to The Literary Project, !AAW! launched "The Mural Project" and "Distance Dance." Learn more about those and upcoming !AAW! projects online at openspacevashon.org [https://www.openspacevashon.com/attention-artists-at-work/].   In late 2020, !Attention! Artists at Work announced “The Literary Project,” featuring Flash Fiction Prose & Poetry Project for writers from Vashon Island, Washington. 31 authors participated in “The Literary Project,” 23 of whom were financially impacted by COVID-19 and paid for their submissions. This episode features 10 stories from The Literary Project, the third !Attention! Artists at Work project: Once Upon Rainier by Kathryn True My Garden of Rocks by Kathleen Dowling Garbage Truck by Rowan Schroeder The Planting by Delinda McCann Clackity-Clack by Claudia Hollander-Lucas land: to set down after conveying by Katy E. Ellis With Guiding Hands by Laura Paul This Ground by Mary Shackelford Rain by Anna Shomsky TikTok, the Subaru Died by Aly Norling Episode narrated by Lyn McManus and Jeff Hoyt. Stories inspired by the theme Close to Home.  To read works from “The Literary Project,” get artist bios, learn more about !Attention! Artists at Work and Open Space for Arts & Community, or donate to this effort, visit openspacevashon.org [https://www.openspacevashon.com/].

Stories from the Literary Project: Episode 2

Welcome to the Open Space for Arts & Community podcast! Episode two features 12 stories from The Literary Project, the third chapter of !Attention! Artists at Work, an ongoing initiative presented by Open Space for Arts & Community.   !Attention! Artists at Work! hires working artists to create free, public art. Prior to The Literary Project, !AAW! launched "The Mural Project" and "Distance Dance." Learn more about those and upcoming !AAW! projects online at openspacevashon.org [https://www.openspacevashon.com/attention-artists-at-work/].   In late 2020, !Attention! Artists at Work announced “The Literary Project,” featuring Flash Fiction Prose & Poetry Project for writers from Vashon Island, Washington. 31 authors participated in “The Literary Project,” 23 of whom were financially impacted by COVID-19 and paid for their submissions. This episode features 12 stories from The Literary Project, the third !Attention! Artists at Work project: Koilidhy Ferns by Tara Reynoso Winnowing by Mary Shackelford The Moon by Anna Shomsky It's a Great Day to Read a Trashy Novel by Martha Enson Foresta for the Trees by David Mielke Big and Black and White by Jeffrey Zimmerman Pandemic Spring by Kathryn True Post Apocalypse Dream by Susan McCabe When We Were Over, She Looked Down at the Dust on My Windowsill by Aly Norling The Best Little Outhouse on the Rock by John Sweetman and Seán Malone Discovery by Janie Starr Senior Year by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma Episode narrated by Lyn McManus and Jeff Hoyt. Stories inspired by the theme Close to Home.  To read works from “The Literary Project,” get artist bios, learn more about !Attention! Artists at Work and Open Space for Arts & Community, or donate to this effort, visit openspacevashon.org [https://www.openspacevashon.com/].

Stories from the Literary Project: Episode 1

Welcome to the Open Space for Arts & Community podcast! Episode one features 10 stories from The Literary Project, the third chapter of !Attention! Artists at Work, an ongoing initiative presented by Open Space for Arts & Community.   !Attention! Artists at Work! hires working artists to create free, public art. Prior to The Literary Project, !AAW! launched "The Mural Project" and "Distance Dance." Learn more about those and upcoming !AAW! projects online at openspacevashon.com [https://www.openspacevashon.com/attention-artists-at-work/].   In late 2020, !Attention! Artists at Work announced “The Literary Project,” featuring Flash Fiction Prose & Poetry Project for writers from Vashon Island, Washington. 31 authors participated in “The Literary Project,” 23 of whom were financially impacted by COVID-19 and paid for their submissions. This episode features 10 stories from The Literary Project, the third !Attention! Artists at Work project: Into the Deep by Julia Anderson Epitaph for a Wanderer by Molly Kovite Beginning at the Local Public Health Department by Katy E. Ellis On a Rock in a Sound by William Scott Gimme Shelter by Amanda Kelly Sing - December 2020 by Emily Keiko Pruiksma The Loyal Twenty by Camille Reeves Home by Emily Keiko Pruiksma Memorial by Camille Reeves Showing Up by Janie Star Episode narrated by Lyn McManus and Jeff Hoyt. Stories inspired by the theme Close to Home.  To read works from “The Literary Project,” get artist bios, learn more about !Attention! Artists at Work and Open Space for Arts & Community, or donate to this effort, visit openspacevashon.com [https://www.openspacevashon.com/].