June 2010
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BABEL Closing Reception Performance, 6/30 @ 630 pm
QMAD, Queens Media Arts Development ARTISTS TALK & CLOSING RECEPTION Wednesday, June 30, 6 - 9 pm Space 37 86-08 37th Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 (No. 7 Train to 82 St. or 90 St. 5 min walk) Join us for the Artists Talk and Closing Reception of QMAD’s BABEL Art Exhibition at Space 37 in Jackson Heights, Queens. ARTISTS TALK –Meet some of the artists featured in the...
NY Daily News - Media Arts and Prose are on the... →
Media, arts & prose are on mind of boro’s poet
BY Leigh Remizowski
Tuesday, June 29th 2010, 10:18 AM
THE WORDSMITH who was recently named Queens’ newest poet laureate plans on spending much of his time in the honorary position debunking notions that poetry and technology don’t mix.
By fusing multimedia platforms like film and the Internet with words, Sunnyside resident...
MOVIETELLING PERFORMANCE @ BABEL, SPACE 37,... →
I’ll be giving my first performance since my QPL appointment in Jackson Heights next Wednesday, June 30th, as part of “Babel,” an exhibition exploring the relationship between language and the visual arts through paintings, illustrations, photography, sculpture, installations, video, performance and new-media. I’ll be there to talk about my work, and to share my vision as the new QPL.
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Queens Chronicle - "New king of poetry appointed... →
While many poets and artists have flocked to Brooklyn for haven and inspiration in recent years, this borough’s new poet laureate, Paolo Javier, said he is “stickin’ to Queens.” At a modest installation ceremony at Borough Hall last week, the 35 year-old Filipino poet, filmmaker, playwright, professor, editor and publisher said he “hopes to continue the rich and sophisticated history of...
NY Post - "Sunnysider named boro’s poet laureate" →
Sunnysider named boro’s poet laureate
By Howard Koplowitz
Last Updated: 9:56 AM, June 24, 2010
Posted: 9:56 AM, June 24, 2010
A self-described “once-global nomad,” who made Queens his home 10 years ago because he had no trouble “finding the world in it,” was installed as the borough’s fifth and latest poet laureate during a ceremony last week at Queens Borough Hall.
Sunnyside resident Paolo...
The Leader Observer - "Paolo Javier is Queens poet... →
Now award-winning poet Paolo S. Javier has three years to strut his stuff. The Philippine native, world-traveler and Sunnyside resident was named Queens’ fifth poet laureate in a June 17th Borough Hall ceremony organized by Queens College and the borough president’s office. The three-year, non-salaried appointment places Javier at the forefront of poetry in Queens, where he’ll...
Greetings
A week has gone by since my installation as the 5th Queens Borough Poet Laureate, and I can tell you that my excitement about this appointment hasn’t ebbed a single bit. Thank you again, Borough President Marshall, Queens College President Muyskens, Coordinator Susie Tanenbaum, and the entire search committee for entrusting your faith in me. I’m also grateful to all the local media...
