Open Space for Arts & Community Podcast

Stories from the Literary Project: Episode 4

Welcome to the Open Space for Arts & Community podcast! Episode four features 10 stories from The Literary Project, the third chapter of !Attention! Artists at Work, an ongoing initiative presented by Open Space for Arts & Community.

 

!Attention! Artists at Work! hires working artists to create free, public art. Prior to The Literary Project, !AAW! launched "The Mural Project" and "Distance Dance." Learn more about those and upcoming !AAW! projects online at openspacevashon.org.

 

In late 2020, !Attention! Artists at Work announced “The Literary Project,” featuring Flash Fiction Prose & Poetry Project for writers from Vashon Island, Washington. 31 authors participated in “The Literary Project,” 23 of whom were financially impacted by COVID-19 and paid for their submissions.

This episode features 10 stories from The Literary Project, the third !Attention! Artists at Work project:

Seashell Heart by Vera Schoepe

Naked! Wild! And in Trouble Again by John Sweetman and Seán Malone

Bedtime Story by Heather Timken

The Hammock by John van Amerongen

land: to set down after conveying by Katy E. Ellis

Feed the Birds by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

Angle Light by Karen Neslon

Minding Home by William Stott

Sing by Emily Keiko Pruiksma

You Are Who I Lost by Martha Enson

Episode narrated by Lyn McManus and Jeff Hoyt. Stories are inspired by the theme Close to Home. 

To read works from “The Literary Project,” get artist bios, learn more about !Attention! Artists at Work and Open Space for Arts & Community, or donate to this effort, visit openspacevashon.org. 

Stories from the Literary Project: Episode 3

Welcome to the Open Space for Arts & Community podcast! Episode three features 10 stories from The Literary Project, the third chapter of !Attention! Artists at Work, an ongoing initiative presented by Open Space for Arts & Community.

 

!Attention! Artists at Work! hires working artists to create free, public art. Prior to The Literary Project, !AAW! launched "The Mural Project" and "Distance Dance." Learn more about those and upcoming !AAW! projects online at openspacevashon.org.

 

In late 2020, !Attention! Artists at Work announced “The Literary Project,” featuring Flash Fiction Prose & Poetry Project for writers from Vashon Island, Washington. 31 authors participated in “The Literary Project,” 23 of whom were financially impacted by COVID-19 and paid for their submissions.

This episode features 10 stories from The Literary Project, the third !Attention! Artists at Work project:

Once Upon Rainier by Kathryn True

My Garden of Rocks by Kathleen Dowling

Garbage Truck by Rowan Schroeder

The Planting by Delinda McCann

Clackity-Clack by Claudia Hollander-Lucas

land: to set down after conveying by Katy E. Ellis

With Guiding Hands by Laura Paul

This Ground by Mary Shackelford

Rain by Anna Shomsky

TikTok, the Subaru Died by Aly Norling

Episode narrated by Lyn McManus and Jeff Hoyt. Stories inspired by the theme Close to Home. 

To read works from “The Literary Project,” get artist bios, learn more about !Attention! Artists at Work and Open Space for Arts & Community, or donate to this effort, visit openspacevashon.org. 

Stories from the Literary Project: Episode 2

Welcome to the Open Space for Arts & Community podcast! Episode two features 12 stories from The Literary Project, the third chapter of !Attention! Artists at Work, an ongoing initiative presented by Open Space for Arts & Community.

 

!Attention! Artists at Work! hires working artists to create free, public art. Prior to The Literary Project, !AAW! launched "The Mural Project" and "Distance Dance." Learn more about those and upcoming !AAW! projects online at openspacevashon.org.

 

In late 2020, !Attention! Artists at Work announced “The Literary Project,” featuring Flash Fiction Prose & Poetry Project for writers from Vashon Island, Washington. 31 authors participated in “The Literary Project,” 23 of whom were financially impacted by COVID-19 and paid for their submissions.

This episode features 12 stories from The Literary Project, the third !Attention! Artists at Work project:

Koilidhy Ferns by Tara Reynoso

Winnowing by Mary Shackelford

The Moon by Anna Shomsky

It's a Great Day to Read a Trashy Novel by Martha Enson

Foresta for the Trees by David Mielke

Big and Black and White by Jeffrey Zimmerman

Pandemic Spring by Kathryn True

Post Apocalypse Dream by Susan McCabe

When We Were Over, She Looked Down at the Dust on My Windowsill by Aly Norling

The Best Little Outhouse on the Rock by John Sweetman and Seán Malone

Discovery by Janie Starr

Senior Year by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

Episode narrated by Lyn McManus and Jeff Hoyt. Stories inspired by the theme Close to Home. 

To read works from “The Literary Project,” get artist bios, learn more about !Attention! Artists at Work and Open Space for Arts & Community, or donate to this effort, visit openspacevashon.org. 

Stories from the Literary Project: Episode 1

Welcome to the Open Space for Arts & Community podcast! Episode one features 10 stories from The Literary Project, the third chapter of

!Attention! Artists at Work, an ongoing initiative presented by Open Space for Arts & Community.

 

!Attention! Artists at Work! hires working artists to create free, public art. Prior to The Literary Project, !AAW! launched "The Mural Project" and "Distance Dance." Learn more about those and upcoming !AAW! projects online at openspacevashon.com.

 

In late 2020, !Attention! Artists at Work announced “The Literary Project,” featuring Flash Fiction Prose & Poetry Project for writers from Vashon Island, Washington. 31 authors participated in “The Literary Project,” 23 of whom were financially impacted by COVID-19 and paid for their submissions.

This episode features 10 stories from The Literary Project, the third !Attention! Artists at Work project:

Into the Deep by Julia Anderson

Epitaph for a Wanderer by Molly Kovite

Beginning at the Local Public Health Department by Katy E. Ellis

On a Rock in a Sound by William Scott

Gimme Shelter by Amanda Kelly

Sing - December 2020 by Emily Keiko Pruiksma

The Loyal Twenty by Camille Reeves

Home by Emily Keiko Pruiksma

Memorial by Camille Reeves

Showing Up by Janie Star

Episode narrated by Lyn McManus and Jeff Hoyt. Stories inspired by the theme Close to Home. 

To read works from “The Literary Project,” get artist bios, learn more about !Attention! Artists at Work and Open Space for Arts & Community, or donate to this effort, visit openspacevashon.com.