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Robin Rodricks served as San Mateo County Arts Commissioner for over a decade prior to being named the first Executive Director of the San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture, a division in the County Executive’s Office that was created in 2022. A seasoned arts administrator, Robin oversaw the implementation of the County’s StrategicContinue reading “Robin Rodricks”

On April 23, 2013, The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved the establishment of the post of San Mateo County Poet Laureate to elevate poetry into the consciousness of San Mateo County residents and to help celebrate the literary arts. The Poet Laureate will be a two-year position which includes a $5000 yearly stipend.Continue reading “Are you the next San Mateo County PL?”

At first glance, the contest to become Burlingame and Hillsborough’s first Youth Poet Laureate (YPL) appears to be just another creative writing competition for teens. But in order to “win,” applicants must have more than poetic flair. “You don’t necessarily need to be good at poetry,” said senior Eva Chen, who is Burlingame’s youth poet-in-residence.Continue reading “The search for Burlingame’s first Youth Poet Laureate begins”

Congratulations to Eva Chen who was recognized on September 20, 2022 by the Burlingame Library Board of Trustees as the city’s Youth Poet-in-Residence! Eva is also San Mateo County’s 2022 Young Woman of Excellence honoree and was the first youth poet to be inducted into San Mateo County’s Women’s Hall of Fame. A mentee of SanContinue reading “Burlingame Youth Poet-in-Residence”

The San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture is hosting the Countywide Celebration of the Arts Day on August 27th from 12:00-3:00pm at San Mateo’s Central Park Outdoor Stage, featuring 134 performers ages 2-91, including youth poets Chloe Chou, Jescent Marcelino, Hanna Pham, and Lauren Lin. For more info, please visit the OAC website.

Daly City Youth Poet Laureate (and concurrently, South San Francisco Youth Poet-in-Residence) Chloe Chou has launched Cloudy Magazine with the goal of uniting youth voices in Daly City and beyond, along with highlighting artistic and literary talent. The editors are now accepting submissions for their debut issue on the theme of Beginnings. The deadline toContinue reading “New teen-run poetry mag”

The Wordslam 3 Youth Poetry Contest launched by East Palo Alto Poet Laureate Kalamu Chache is now accepting submissions of original poems by middle school and high school students who live in East Palo Alto and the Belle Haven community of Menlo Park. Click here for more info.

Like Hope Burlingame & Redwood Shores Rotarians’ Community Poem Contributors: Fritz Brauner, Michael Brownrigg, John Delaney, Joseph DiMaio, Cheryl A. Fama, Mike Heffernan, Michael Kimball, Jennifer Pence, Jim Shypertt, and Sheryl Young. Compiled April & May 2022. Sunflowers are growing somewhere, Like hope, like summer’s children. More than ever, we need a little poetry in our lives, hopeContinue reading “Rotary Club Community Poems”

New York, NY (January 27, 2022)— The Academy of American Poets, the originator of National Poetry Month—now a worldwide celebration—invites students in grades five through twelve to participate in Dear Poet 2022, an annual multimedia education project featuring videos of award-winning poets reading their work, including poets who serve on the Academy of American PoetsContinue reading “Dear Poet”

(San Mateo, Calif., April 1, 2022) It is National Poetry Month all over San Mateo County! The County of San Mateo and cities in the county are proclaiming April as National Poetry Month upon the request of San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto. Ms. Cassinetto is also spearheading several events to celebrate poetry andContinue reading “National Poetry Month 2022”