LouAnn Shepard Muhm
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Contact Information
contact name: LouAnn Shepard Muhm
email: lmuhm@hotmail.com
Related Organizations:
Region II Arts Council, Chair, 1998-2002
Jackpine Writers' Bloc
Bemidji Poetry Salon
Headwaters School of Music and Arts
Quality Teaching Network (English), MN Dept. of Education
Minnesota Council of Teachers of English
Northography (www.northography.com)
Experience
B.A. (English)--Iowa State University
Workshops Attended:
• Jane Hirshfield: Split Rock Arts Program, 1998; Tassajara Mountain Retreat (San Francisco Zen Center), 2000 and 2002
• Mark Vinz, sponsored by Headwaters School of Music and Arts and Region II Arts Council, 1999
• Michael Dennis Browne, Region II Arts Council, 1999
• Lynn Levin, sponsored by Loonfeather Press, Feb. 2005
• CarolAnn Russell, sponsored by the Vergilian Society and Baylor University, Cumae, Italy, July, 2005
• Colrain Manuscript Conference, Joan Houlihan and Fred Marchant, sponsored by the Concord Poetry Center, Colrain, MA, April, 2006
• Vermont College Post-Graduate Poetry Workshop, Bruce Weigl, August, 2006
• "Poetry and the Intimacy of All Things," Jane Hirshfield, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, June 2007
Workshops Taught:
• "Poetic Forms," Headwaters School of Music and Arts, 1999
• Various topics, Young Authors Conference, Thief River Falls, MN, annually 2000-present
• "Compression: Writing the Short Poem," sponsored by the Jackpine Writers' Bloc, July 2006, Park Rapids, MN
• "Getting Started: A Beginning Poetry Writing Workshop," sponsored by the Jackpine Writers' Bloc, July 2007, Park Rapids, MN
• "Preparing Your Manuscript, "sponsored by the Jackpine Writers' Bloc, July 2007, Park Rapids, MN
• "Inviting the Muse, "sponsored by Loonfeather Press, November 2008, Bemidji, MN
• "Bring Your Love; Your Poems Will Follow," sponsored by Heartland Poets, Brainerd, MN , Feb. 14, 2009
(see http://www.muhmschedule.blogspot.com for registration info)
Awards
NCTE Achievement Award in Writing
Honorable Mention--Talking Stick Poetry Contest, 2005
Mark Vinz, Judge
Minnesota State Arts Board
Artist Initiative Grant--Poetry, 2006
Region 2 Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, 2007
Finalist, Creekwalker Poetry Prize, 2007 (www.creekwalker.com)
Finalist, Late Blooms Postcard Series, 2007
(http://lanaayers.com/LateBlooms.aspx)
Exhibitions/Performance History
• National Poetry Month Readings, Bemidji Community Arts Council, 1997-2000
• Dust & Fire Publication Reading and Reception, 1998
• Women and Water Conference, Duluth, MN Sept. 2003--Reading
• Reading from "Dear Immovable," Opening Reception for two exhibits of the Feminist Art Project: Adam's Rib, Eve's Air in her Hair (group show) and Ambiotic, by Tiffany Besonen @ SOHO20 Gallery, New York, New York, January 2007. (www.soho20gallery.com)
• Closing Reception for “Kotivaki,” a sculptural installation by Finnish-American artists Daniel and Tiffany Besonen @ Finlandia University Gallery in Hancock, Michigan, June 7-July 22, 2007
• Uncontained: Writers and Photographers in the Garden and the Margins (Baksun Books)- Book Launch and Reading, part of the Left Hand Reading Series and EcoArts 2007 (www.ecoartsonline.org). Naropa University, Boulder, CO Oct. 6. 2007
• Bloomington Art Center Writers' Festival and Book Fair:
Bloomington Center for the Arts, Road, Bloomington, MN
www.bloomingtonartcenter.com
Upcoming Readings:
See http://www.muhmschedule.blogspot.com
Galleries
"i am water" mixed media collage collaboration with Tiffany Besonen has been (or will be) exhibited in:
•The Women's Art Registry of Minnesota biannual exhibition for its Mentor Program.
Third Floor Gallery of Northeast Minneapolis' Northrup King Building, Aug. 26-Sept. 23, 2006.
•"Ambiotic." Solo show, Tiffany Besonen, SOHO20 Gallery, 511 West 25th St., NY, NY. Jan. 2-27, 2007.
•“Kotivaki,” a sculptural installation by Finnish-American artists Daniel and Tiffany Besonen @ Finlandia University Gallery in Hancock, Michigan, July, 2007
•“The Veil: Visible & Invisible Spaces" opening at the Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder, Colorado in May 2008. In Sept.-October, 2008 it will be at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville and in Nov.-December 2008 it goes to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Publications
Individual poems have appeared in the following publications:
•The Talking Stick
•Dust & Fire
•Lake Country Journal
•Red River Review
•North Coast Review
•CALYX
•Poems Niederngasse
•Eclectica
•Alba: A Journal of Short Poetry
•Creekwalker
•Uncontained: Writers and Photographers in the Garden and the Margins (Baksun Books, 2007)
•Letters to the World (Red Hen Press, 2008)
•"What Light" featured poem, mnartists.org, Feb. and June, 2008
•Right Hand Pointing
Book Reviews:
www.hercircleezine.com
Books:
A chapbook-length collection of poems, Dear Immovable, was published in August, 2006 by Pudding House Press.
Cover art by Minnesota artist Tiffany Besonen (view her gallery here: http://www.mnartists.org/tiffany_besonen)
A full length book of poetry, Breaking the Glass, is available from Loonfeather Press (loonfeatherpress.com). Cover photo by Steven R. Peterson (www.mnartists.org/steve_peterson).
Biographical Information
Country of Citizenship:
United States
Active Place:
Park Rapids
Minnesota County:
Hubbard
Artist Information
Roles
Poet