Interactive Poetry Performance with environmental art book and poetry broadside show, Earth's Body: The Art of Sustainability, at Fullerton State University Pollak Library Gallery, 2013. Curated by Jie Tian.
Writer and teacher, Claire Blotter, lives in Mill Valley, California, where she performs poetry with movement and body percussion. She directs ritual, videos, guerilla and community theater and teaches poetry writing and performance to elementary, middle & high school students.
POETRY BOOK WALKS/READINGS & PROJECTS, 2025:
Poetry Reading from EXPANDING.WATER.WAYS. at Ukiah Library at 3pm on Saturday, March 15th, (email website link for more info)
POETRY BOOK WALKS/READINGS & PROJECTS, 2024:
PERFORMANCE POETRY READING from EXPANDING.WATER.WAYS. by Claire Blotter at her hometown PALM SPRINGS LIBRARY at 2PM on OCTOBER 19TH, the day of her 57th PALM SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL REUNION, CLASS OF '67
WATERSHED ENVIRONMENTAL POETRY FESTIVAL, STRAWBERRY CREEK WALK AT 10 am & MAIN STAGE performance poetry from EXPANDING.WATER.WAYS by Claire Blotter and other poets from 12-4:30PM on OCTOBER 5th at MARIN LUTHER KING, JR., CIVIC CENTER PARK in BERKELEY
MARIN POETRY CENTER READING at MILL VALLEY LIBRARY with Claire Blotter and other poets on SATURDAY, AUGUST 31ST, 2PM
EXPANDING.WATER.WAYS.: CLAIRE BLOTTER RESIDENCY in OAKHURST at YOSEMITE GATEWAY ART CENTER, THURSDAY through SATURDAY, JULY 18TH-20TH:
Thurs., 3pm: ART ATTACK with Janet Alexander Flores on KFCF 88.1 Free Speech Radio: Janet, Claire and Jon Bock discuss Art, Activism, Performance and Community with a focus on Claire's visit and the week-end's activities.
6-9pm: THIRD THURSDAY ART HOP: Claire meets community and signs books.
Friday, 7pm: WATERWAY WALK AND READING from Claire's new book, EXPANDING.WATER.WAYS., adapted to fit into the unique landscape and waterways of Sierra Meadows in nearby Ahwahnee.
$20 recommended donation.
Saturday, 10am: WRITING WORKSHOP- DIVING UNDERWATER: Discover and express hidden themes, feelings and desires through art, writing and performance, $45 participation fee
10am-12:30pm, Part 1: Drawing, Then Describing an "Indescribable" Feeling
1-2pm, Part 2: Writing the Persona Poem, Releasing Hidden Voices
6pm: GALLERY POETRY READING at YGAC- a short poetry performance by Claire followed by an open mic of poems and sharing of art work by participants and performers from the afternoon workshop, $10 donation recommended.
***For directions to Waterway Walk, to register for events & for more details, call Yosemite Gateway Art Center, (559) 683-5551 or go to https://ygac.org/.
EXPANDING.WATER.WAYS., LAUNCH for POETRY COLLECTION with WALK/READING/RITUAL on SUNDAY, MAY 19TH, 1:30PM along stunningly beautiful Mill Valley Water Way. (Please email this site for directions to the first water way walk and for more details.)
PROJECTS, READINGS & UPCOMING BOOK PUBLICATION, 2023:
ARTIST POWER CONVENING GRANT FOR TEACHING & VIDEO PROJECT
EXPANDING.WATER.WAYS., full length poetry collection accepted by Kelsay Press
POETRY READING, 2022
SUNDAY, JANUARY 9TH, 3PM, PT: Marin Poetry Center Second Sunday Reading with Barbara Berman and Linda Michel-Cassidy. Go to https://secondsundayreadings.com/ for more details.
POETRY READINGS, 2021
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3RD, 6-6:45PM PST (7 PM MT): Talking Gourds Poetry Program, Bardic Trails of Telluride, Colorado, with feature reader, Claire Blotter, at Wilkinson Public Library, free event open to any who preregister at telluridelibrary.org/events
SUNDAY, AUGUST, 22ND, 3PM PST: Marin Poetry Center Traveling Show with Claire Blotter, Lonnie Holder, Sian Killingsworth, Barb Reynolds, Janet Jennings and Ken Haas. T o preregister: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0rc-6upzMuGNfis97SymIY6WGh_M5thwNK
ZOOM WRITING AND PERFORMING WORKSHOP, 2021:
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 11AM-1PM, PT
THE POLITICAL TO THE PERSONAL: WRITING TO RE-VISION THE WORLD: For more information, go to WORKSHOPS PAGE. To register, email Claire on CONTACT PAGE.
POETRY BOOK WALKS/READINGS & PROJECTS, 2025:
Poetry Reading from EXPANDING.WATER.WAYS. at Ukiah Library at 3pm on Saturday, March 15th, (email website link for more info)
POETRY BOOK WALKS/READINGS & PROJECTS, 2024:
PERFORMANCE POETRY READING from EXPANDING.WATER.WAYS. by Claire Blotter at her hometown PALM SPRINGS LIBRARY at 2PM on OCTOBER 19TH, the day of her 57th PALM SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL REUNION, CLASS OF '67
WATERSHED ENVIRONMENTAL POETRY FESTIVAL, STRAWBERRY CREEK WALK AT 10 am & MAIN STAGE performance poetry from EXPANDING.WATER.WAYS by Claire Blotter and other poets from 12-4:30PM on OCTOBER 5th at MARIN LUTHER KING, JR., CIVIC CENTER PARK in BERKELEY
MARIN POETRY CENTER READING at MILL VALLEY LIBRARY with Claire Blotter and other poets on SATURDAY, AUGUST 31ST, 2PM
EXPANDING.WATER.WAYS.: CLAIRE BLOTTER RESIDENCY in OAKHURST at YOSEMITE GATEWAY ART CENTER, THURSDAY through SATURDAY, JULY 18TH-20TH:
Thurs., 3pm: ART ATTACK with Janet Alexander Flores on KFCF 88.1 Free Speech Radio: Janet, Claire and Jon Bock discuss Art, Activism, Performance and Community with a focus on Claire's visit and the week-end's activities.
6-9pm: THIRD THURSDAY ART HOP: Claire meets community and signs books.
Friday, 7pm: WATERWAY WALK AND READING from Claire's new book, EXPANDING.WATER.WAYS., adapted to fit into the unique landscape and waterways of Sierra Meadows in nearby Ahwahnee.
$20 recommended donation.
Saturday, 10am: WRITING WORKSHOP- DIVING UNDERWATER: Discover and express hidden themes, feelings and desires through art, writing and performance, $45 participation fee
10am-12:30pm, Part 1: Drawing, Then Describing an "Indescribable" Feeling
1-2pm, Part 2: Writing the Persona Poem, Releasing Hidden Voices
6pm: GALLERY POETRY READING at YGAC- a short poetry performance by Claire followed by an open mic of poems and sharing of art work by participants and performers from the afternoon workshop, $10 donation recommended.
***For directions to Waterway Walk, to register for events & for more details, call Yosemite Gateway Art Center, (559) 683-5551 or go to https://ygac.org/.
EXPANDING.WATER.WAYS., LAUNCH for POETRY COLLECTION with WALK/READING/RITUAL on SUNDAY, MAY 19TH, 1:30PM along stunningly beautiful Mill Valley Water Way. (Please email this site for directions to the first water way walk and for more details.)
PROJECTS, READINGS & UPCOMING BOOK PUBLICATION, 2023:
ARTIST POWER CONVENING GRANT FOR TEACHING & VIDEO PROJECT
EXPANDING.WATER.WAYS., full length poetry collection accepted by Kelsay Press
POETRY READING, 2022
SUNDAY, JANUARY 9TH, 3PM, PT: Marin Poetry Center Second Sunday Reading with Barbara Berman and Linda Michel-Cassidy. Go to https://secondsundayreadings.com/ for more details.
POETRY READINGS, 2021
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3RD, 6-6:45PM PST (7 PM MT): Talking Gourds Poetry Program, Bardic Trails of Telluride, Colorado, with feature reader, Claire Blotter, at Wilkinson Public Library, free event open to any who preregister at telluridelibrary.org/events
SUNDAY, AUGUST, 22ND, 3PM PST: Marin Poetry Center Traveling Show with Claire Blotter, Lonnie Holder, Sian Killingsworth, Barb Reynolds, Janet Jennings and Ken Haas. T o preregister: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0rc-6upzMuGNfis97SymIY6WGh_M5thwNK
ZOOM WRITING AND PERFORMING WORKSHOP, 2021:
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 11AM-1PM, PT
THE POLITICAL TO THE PERSONAL: WRITING TO RE-VISION THE WORLD: For more information, go to WORKSHOPS PAGE. To register, email Claire on CONTACT PAGE.