IWC inaugurated its new
office on May 31, 2014 by participating in the Downtown Hammond Art Walk. During
the event, IWC hosted member readings every hour. It also offered the public an
opportunity to create a found poem and make a haiku bookmark.
Located in the Hammond
Innovation Center at 5209 Hohman Avenue, the new facilities provide IWC with a
dedicated office and three shared event spaces: a small conference room, a
lobby area, and a seminar room. Although the event spaces are available for use
by all Innovation Center tenants, IWC can reserve them. Here are pictures of
the office and event spaces.
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| IWC Office |
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| Conference Room |
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| Seminar Room |
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| Lobby
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IWC used two of the event
spaces this past Saturday for the Hammond Downtown Art Walk. The conference
room played host to the ongoing activities, and the lobby stairs became a stage
for readings of original material by IWC members Yusuf Ali El, Kayla Greenwell,
Janine Harrison, Karen Kulinski, Julie Larson, Michael Poore, and Gordon
Stamper, Jr.
What did they read? There
isn’t enough blog space to cover everyone, but here are two examples.
Yusuf Ali El read adult
poetry and motivational prose and sang a verse from a children’s poem, part of
which tied into the Double Dutch jump rope rhyme, “Little Sally Walker.” Yusuf
also told the audience that they should feel free to write about whatever moves
them and let the universe pass through them onto the paper.
Karen Kulinski read the
beginning of Rescuing Ivy, a middle
grade novel about a girl out to prove that Ivy the elephant is not a murderer. Karen
also engaged the audience in an interesting discussion about her extensive
research on elephants. Rescuing Ivy is
due out in 2015 from High Hill Press.
The following pictures
show two other readers using the staircase as a stage.
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| Julie Larson |
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| Gordon Stamper, Jr. |
It was perfect walking
weather, and IWC contributed to the participant’s outdoor enjoyment. The final two
pictures show quotes decorating the sidewalk in front of the office.
We look forward to hosting many more events at our new
facilities.
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