Arts on Main

Community Arts Center in Gloucester, Virginia

Reading by Marcie Rendon, Artist in Residence

Sunday, March 20
1:30pm
Gloucester Public Library by Pocahantas mural

Join our Artist in Residence, Marcie Rendon, for a reading by the Pocahontas mural at the public library in Gloucester, VA on March 20 at 1:30pm. In case of inclement weather, reading will take place inside the library.

Marcie Rendon is a citizen of the White Earth Nation. She is a writer across many genres. Listed in Oprah Magazine’s 2020 list of 31 Native American Author’s to read, Rendon also received Minnesota’s 2020 McKnight Distinguished Artist Award. Sinister Graves, the third Cash Blackbear novel will be published Oct 2022. Girl Gone Missing, the second Cash Blackbear novel was nominated for the Sue Grafton Memorial Award, 2020. Murder on the Red River received the Pinckley Women’s Crime Novel Award 2018. All available from SoHo Press. Rendon writes children’s books. Stitches of Tradition will be published in 2024, Heartdrum. Rendon has four plays published. Out of Hand Theater, Atlanta, GA, will produce her script, Say Their Names, in their 2022 Theater in Homes project and a staged reading is being held at the History Theater, St. Paul, MN. Sweet Revenge had a staged reading at the Playwright Center, 2021. The creative mind of Raving Native Theater, she curated TwinCities Public Television’s Art Is…CreativeNativeResilience 2019. Diego Vazquez and Rendon received the Loft’s 2017 Spoken Word Immersion Fellowship for work with incarcerated women. This event is free and open to the public.

Artist in Residence Gallery Talk: The Creative Process and Authenticity in Art

Hear from renowned painter and engaging teacher, Larry Moore, his insightful and learned approaches to unleashing creativity from within ourselves. How can we reach our unique and genuine voice and use it to create our own art? Moore is an established and popular speaker who has shared his stories and taught painters all across the country. Come, take notes, ask questions, and benefit from this enjoyable talk.

This event will be held at the Gloucester Courthouse Circle Green.

In the event of rain, it will move to Arts on Main.

Light refreshments will be available.