Beyond the Bricks Project
BEHIND THE BRICKS, a collaboration between the Crossing Arts Alliance and the Crow Wing County Jail, was designed to bring access to the arts as a vehicle for communication to a traditionally underserved audience. Instruction to develop artistic skills in inmates of Crow Wing County Jail began in the fall of 2013, where inmates began […]
How To Do A Successful Booksigning by Author L.J. Martin
To some authors, they’re about as much fun as a root canal. Booksignings, after the initial ego gratification of a first book, are a unique form of torture where one sits astride a cold metal chair in a corner of a musty book store while passersby presume you’re registering voters or offering petitions to “save […]
Western Writers of America 2014 National Convention
Krista Rolfzen Soukup, owner of Blue Cottage Agency, presented ‘Steps to Successful Book Marketing’ along with New York Times best-selling author H. Alan Day, co-author with his sister Sandra Day O’Connor of Lazy B, and Lynn Wiese Sneyd, founder of LWS Literary Services, at the Western Writers of America National convention in Sacramento, California on […]
Blue Cottage Agency welcomes Student Intern Tori Davis
Blue Cottage Agency welcomes University of Arizona student intern Tori Davis. Tori is a junior at the University of Arizona studying business and psychology where she is an Eller College of Management Ambassador. She is an honor graduate of Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona. She previously interned with Urban Affairs Tucson based out […]
Jodi Schwen book launch and book signing event, Northern Comfort: The Musings of Jacqueline Pine Savage
Please join us in celebrating Jodi Schwen’s new book Northern Comfort: The Musings of Jacqueline Pine Savage, on Thursday, June 12 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Q Gallery in Brainerd. The Q Gallery is located in the Franklin Art Center, 1001 Kingwood Street Room #222. THE BOOK: Using the pen name of “Jacqueline Pine Savage” […]
Former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins visits Brainerd
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins held a reading at Central Lakes College in Brainerd Minnesota as part of Verse Like Water, the visiting poet program of CLL, in conjunction with The Crossing Arts Alliance. “Poetry is for everybody. It is not something that’s for specialists. It’s no just for academics or professors or any […]
Publishing Panel Presents to Crossing Arts Alliance Literary Artists
The Crossing Arts Alliance presented a publishing panel of 4 top Minnesota editors, agents and publishers on Saturday, April 26, 2014. Panelists included, Steve Woodward, Associate Editor at Graywolf Press, Dawn Frederick, Literary Agent and owner of Red Sofa Literary, Jim Perlman, publisher and owner […]
Poet laureate Billy Collins coming to Brainerd
A U.S. poet laureate will be featured in a free poetry program that Central Lakes College in Brainerd will present in conjunction with The Crossing Arts Alliance on April 29. Billy Collins has twice been named U.S. poet laureate by the Library of Congress. He will give a public reading at noon the CLC Chalberg […]
Author Kristy Abbott’s New Children’s Picture Book, Finding Home, Champions Animal Rescue
A new children’s picture book, Finding Home, is teaching kids the importance of animal rescue with the story of a homeless cat searching for a name and a forever family. The book published by North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc. debuts on April 27, 2014. Minnesota Author Kristy Abbott paired with artist/illustrator Danusia Keusder […]
Call For Submissions~Behind the Bricks, Crow Wing County Jail Inmate Community Art Project
The Crossing Arts Alliance (TCAA) invites visual and literary artists to submit original work for the BEHIND THE BRICKS community art project. Artists, photographers and writers from the community may select a piece of artwork created by a Crow Wing County Jail inmate and create a companion piece (writing to art and art to writing) that reflect […]