2025 Program Dates
ART EMBRACES WORDS | Select Saturdays, 2:00 - 3:30 pm | Arts & Science Room at the Lafayette Library & Learning Center, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette, CA 94549.
May 10th | Honoring Every Kind of Mother
July 12th | The Benicia Six
October 25th | Halloween Theme and Costume Contest - With Prizes
Join us for readings by local authors and art by local artists, all with a Halloween theme. You are invited to come in costume as the artistic or literary character who inspires you. A costume contest immediately follows the presentations in the courtyard where prizes are awarded, judged by Jill Gelster of Orinda Starlight Village Players.
A reception immediately follows in the adjacent Library Courtyard. Media table provided for writers, artists, and information of interest to the literary and artistic community. Book sales are encouraged. The free Library parking lot closes at 5:00 pm.
ART EMBRACES POETRY | Select Saturdays, 1:30-3:30 pm | Town Hall Theatre Company, 3535 School Street, Lafayette, CA 94549
March 8th | Girls + Women Influencers: Women's History Month
Saturday, April 5th | National Poetry Month
Saturday, August 23rd
From 1:30 - 2:30 hear poets Ophelia Guerdad, Stephenie B. Khan and Harleen Serai, plus LPAC featured artist Durga Vitthanala. From 2:30 - 3:30 there will be a "3 Min. Teen Open Mic" hosted by LAC's new Youth Ambassador Program founders Emily Bennett Jingzhu, Sharanya Roy and Emma Wong. Artists are welcome to display and speak about their art; an easel will be provided on the stage.
To contact the organizers of the program email literary@lamorindaarts.org or call 925-359-9940.
Art Embraces Words
Writers paint images with words. Artists tell stories with color. Together they enrich our community.
The LAC 2025 Art Embraces Words season is made possible by a generous grant from the Community Foundation of Lafayette. Programs are scheduled on Saturday afternoons with readings and art exhibits from 2:00 - 3:30 pm followed by a reception. We feature local emerging writers and artists with occasional presenters from out of state or out of the country. Original art is exhibited on three walls of the room to set the creative tone and all presenters speak from a podium with a mic. To learn more about Art Embraces Poetry scroll down.
We alternate between emerging writer and artist presenters, as announced our Emcee, who will keep us on track throughout the program. Each presenter speaks for approximately 10 minutes followed by a short audience Q&A. A reception with light refreshments follows outdoors in the adjacent Library Courtyard.
To view YouTube videos from previous Art Embraces Words programs click HERE.
Art Embraces Poetry 2023 Recap
The Lamorinda Arts Council presents Art Embraces Poetry, its newest free program as part of the experimental “Art Embraces” genre. In 2022 we collaborated with members of the talented classical music Ensemble ARI by hosting an Art Embraces Music event in the Lafayette Community Hall. To our delight, virtually every seat was taken as world-class musicians filled the space with classical music while ’embraced’ by original art on the stage. This experience emboldened us to create a poetry reading program combined with original local art. The Lamorinda Arts Council is grateful to the Community Foundation of Lafayette for supporting this program with a generous grant.
