Deep Carnivale - A Celebration of Words

DEEP CARNIVALE: A CELEBRATION OF WORDS successfully concluded its first annual event Saturday September 8, 2007, with a literary street fair attended by more than 500 people and some 60 writers, poets, singers and artists.

The event was produced by The Artists and Writers Group, Inc., in partnership with Hillsborough Community College-Ybor, the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative and the Cuban Club in the streets and buildings of Ybor City, Tampa's historic district.

Authors, Writers, Poets:

Gary Bass, Lisa Birnbaum, Sally Bosco, Caesar Carbajal, Matthew Cowley, Silvia Curbelo, David Durney, Kenny Echezabal, Asia Elliot, Melissa Fair, Aubrey Hampton, Lynne Hansen, Darrell House, Susan Hussey, Venus Jones, Lori Karpay, Phyllis McEwen, Susan McClung, Don Morrill, Adrienne Nadeau, Rhonda J. Nelson, Chip Neville, Ferdie Pacheco, Joshua Pillock, M.C. Radiant, Gianna Russo, Martha Serpas, Enid Shomer, Jeff Strand, James Tokley, Sr., Megan Voeller, Dave Waterman.

Singer/Songwriters:

Stephanie Carpenter, Maggie Council, Ronny Elliott, Papos Frassica, Harry Hayward, Darrell House, John McEwen, Chip Neville, George Pappas, Judy Tampa, Al Valentine, Ray Villadonga.

Exquisite Corpse Artists:

The Exquisite Corpse is an art concept from 1920's Europe that allows for collaboration of any number of artists with just the slightest guidelines and the work is not complete until the actual installation.

We have published the full text of the Exquisite Corpse poem.

In this version of the tradition, each invited artist is creating a 4' x 8' artwork w/ four lines of original poetry for one of the arches of the El Pasaje building at Republica de Cuba and 9th Avenue.

David Audet, Judy Tampa, Doreen Horn, Lori Karpay, Charlotte Lee, John Reimer, Judi Jetson, Rhonda J. Nelson, Tracy Midulla Reller, Bradley Arthur, Betsy Lester, Carolyn Kossar, Tyler Jopek, Lori Ballard, JoEllen Schilke, Jen Gravelle, Mic Knight, Kurt Piazza, Caesar Carbajal, Bud Lee.

One-of-a-Kind Book Artists:

Susan Taylor Lennon, James Walker, Neverne Covington, Margie Steward, David Audet, Kenny Echezabal, Bud Lee, Charlotte Lee, Bradley Arthur, Tracy Midulla, Carolyn Kossar, Kurt Piazza, Dee Hood, Chris Weeks, Nancy Yasecko.

About the Artists and Writers Group

The Tampa arts cooperative, The Artists and Writers Group, Inc, has recently reorganized from its previous incarnation in the 1970's-80's, when it was known for unique events, including the Artists and Writers balls in Ybor City. The Group is now developing partnerships with interested organizations to provide stimulating opportunities for our community to express and share its creativity. This event, with enthusiastic support from Hillsborough Community College-Ybor and campus president, Dr. Sylvia Carley, the Ybor City Development Corporation, the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative and the Cuban Club, anticipate this literature festival to develop into a historic district-wide, three-day event. Other sponsors include Tampa Review, The University of Tampa Press, Ybor City Saturday Market and Grown Man Brand.