About Artoberfest

 The date of Artworks of Westfield's Artoberfest has been changed to Saturday, October 22nd. I do not have a lot of information about the event but at the last board meeting I did express the authors concerns from last year's event when we felt so isolated on the green island surrounded by whizzing traffic and visited by maybe a quarter of the community members who browsed the art and watched the performances on stage while we watched the clouds and visited with one another on the Green. I also let them know that we don't want to be in one overwhelming cluster but interspersed among the artists so people aren't  overwhelmed and distracted by so many books in one place. Literature needs to be digested in small bites-especially in this short attention span society we live in.

Anyway-I am looking to sign up authors for the event that I am hoping will be a much better experience this year than it was last year for us. I'm not sure how many authors I'll be allowed so please contact me at whipcitywordsmiths@gmail.com ASAP (it's already the end of August!! How did that happen???) so I can add you to the list I've started.

I'll try to post more info in regards to the event as soon as it's available to me!

Don't forget to read the notice of date changes for the October-December 2022 WhipCity Wordsmiths' meetings in the previous post!

Where did summer go???

REVISED MEETING DATES SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2022

THIS IS IMPORTANT!!

Due to the change in date for Artoberfest in October from the 8th to the 22nd the meeting date had to be changed since many Wordsmiths participate in this event in Westfield. Also, I had been contacted by a Wordsmith who is available only every other Saturday and every Saturday I had chosen happened to fall on a workday for him. Therefore, I changed the last two meeting dates of the year to make them available to other Wordsmiths who have jobs. I just go by my availability when scheduling meetings, but I do not have to be at any particular meeting in order for the meeting to take place as five years into our group meetings and familiarity with one another I firmly believe the group members will do well even if I wasn't present. Kelly can run a meeting also if I'm unable to attend.

These are the REVISED MEETING DATES for the remainder of 2022:

September 10th

October 1st

November 12th

December 10th

I thank Becky Blackburn, our contact at the Westfield Athenaeum for her quick response to my email and how swiftly she revised the schedule on her end to make the revisions happen. She is amazing.

See you on September 10th at 2PM in the Committee Room for our next meeting!

August 2022 Meeting

Just a quick reminder that the WhipCity Wordsmiths will be meeting in the basement Committe Room at the Westfield Athenaeum (in the front entrance lobby facing into the library turn left and go down the staircase, go forward and then turn left to enter the Committee Room) on Saturday, August 13th, 2022 at 2PM to 4PM. 

Kelly and I are so pleased that the group continues to grow with the addition of new members!

Please bring something to read- it can be something you've written in the past or a piece from what you are currently working on, or even a memorable bit of wordsmithing by one of your favorite authors that still moves you when you read it today!

We welcome writers and authors at all levels of the craft and pride ourselves on being a true social and support group for all writers where we each bring our own unique personalities and characters to meetings as we share our writing styles and enjoy the pleasure of camaraderie among fellow wordsmiths.

Kelly and I hope you're enjoying what is turning out to be a scorcher of a summer!