Writing Prompt for Next Week: Write or produce a work about something that makes you happy, whether person, place or thing.
*As always, songs, music, video or artwork that reflect our topic can also be shared in place of a written work.
Updates from the 4/10/25 Meeting:
- A Renaissance Faire is being planned for next year & participation, input, or ideas are welcomed.
- We can hold a bake sale to hold as a fundraiser for the event, but funding is a concern; Cindy, Haylee & Lillian will attend the Student Government meeting at 3pm on the 18th to address M and the officers in order to secure funding and other assistance.
- A Veteran's Day event is also being planned.
- Please think about what you would like to contribute in a work related to veterans.
- Floyd is going to invite either National Guard or Boy Scouts members to present the colors and invite the grade school students (our campus neighbors) to be involved too.
- The date for submissions for this year’s journal will be announced when the fall term starts.
Please attend our meeting next week – Floyd hopes to have a guest speaker.
Remember – this month is National Poetry Month and the journal launches next week in print and online.
Details below. Bring your friends and family!
Arts of Ivy Vine Journal Launch!
- Friday, April 18
- 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. (with main entrance doors open at 5 p.m.)
- Authors or artists published in the journal are invited to read a selection or speak about their photographs or artwork
- IVY Tech swag along with their 2 copies of the Journal will be awarded to each participant
- Friends and family are welcome to attend also!
CAC T-Shirts should arrive before the journal launch
Event ads should be scrolling on the campus monitors soon, should appear in the campus / Chancellor's newsletter, and flyers are posted all over.
Current Writing Prompts
- Ongoing writing theme: Write something that starts with "April is the cruelest month . . . " and finish your work in your own way.
*As always, songs, music, video or artwork that reflect our topic can also be shared in place of a written work.
Update on Ongoing Projects or Plans as of 4/2/25:
- The subject of the club hosting a Renaissance Faire this year was brought up – Cindy received some encouraging feedback after last week's meeting.
- Please think about what you would want to be a part of in a Renaissance Faire – it will probably be very small and only one day to start with, but if successful something new can be added every year following.
- Bring your ideas next week!
- Cindy will attend the next student government meeting on the 16th, to share about the Faire event and find out what help they can offer.
- We want to share as many ideas as possible soon so we can start planning for holding it next year.
- Christine is ready to write our next play.
- Floyd asks that club members get more involved and start working with him soon on a presentation for Veterans’ Day.
- We will work with the Veterans’ Services group here on campus.
- At the 4/2 meeting, Floyd read a wonderful poem he wrote over vacation, but our assignment April is the cruelest month is being carried over to next week.
Current Writing Prompts
- Ongoing writing theme: If you were a dog, what kind of dog would you be?
- For next week's meeting on 4/2/25: Write something that starts with "April is the cruelest month . . . " and finish your work in your own way.
*As always, songs, music, video or artwork that reflect our topic can also be shared in place of a written work.
For Additional Discussion at the 4/2/25 Meeting
- Sponsoring a Renaissance Faire within the next year
- Sponsoring club writing contests or draft editing workshops
- Promoting the CAC & recruiting members
Big Read Book Discussion
- The Big Read Book:
- Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig
- Where to Find It:
- In the LRC, the Library, at the Little Libraries in the Copy Center and in the Oakley Auditorium Lobby
- When to Discuss It: March 19 from 2- 4 p.m. in the Ivy Tech Library
OOD LUCK WITH FINAL EXAM WEEK, EVERYONE!
For Wednesday, 2.12.25 :
- Ongoing Themes/Topics:
- The use of color & descriptive language
- Write about food & paint a picture for your readers - show don't tell
- Describe something you have, how it looks, feels, smells, how you got it, and the way it makes you feel.
Results of these themes will be shared at the next meeting.
Big Read Book Discussion
The book Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig is being offered to IVY Tech as part of the Vigo County Public Library’s “The Big Read”.
Books will be available after March 1, and a discussion will take place in the Terre Haute Library on March 19, from 2 to 4 pm.
We need a count of everybody who would like a copy.
For Wednesday, 2.5.25 :
- Ongoing Theme/Topic: The use of color & descriptive language
- Additional Theme/Topic: Write about food & paint a picture for your readers - show don't tell
Results of these themes will be shared at the next meeting.
* As always, songs, music, video or artwork that reflect our topic could also be shared in place of a written work.*
Additional Agenda Items:
The inaugural IvyVine Journal is being put together by online and in print - Darla & Patty are assisting
- Journal Launch Party is tentatively scheduled for April 11 from 6-8 p.m.
- Be prepared to read your work if you submitted!
The Putnam County Public Library is hosting poetry readings from 6 to 8:30pm:
- Monday, February 24th
- Monday, March 24th
Please attend and bring something to read!
CAC T-shirts
Floyd wants to have T-shirts made for club members & is looking into the process.
For Wednesday, 1.29.25 :
Theme/Topic: The use of color & descriptive language
* As always, songs, music, video or artwork that reflect our topic could also be shared in place of a written work.*
Welcome Back!
For Wednesday, 1.14.25 :
Planning 2025 Club Itinerary
- Possible Big Read Participation in March
- Open Mic Night in April
- Planning another play!
- Summer/Fall BBQ Cookout Membership Drive
Hope to see you there!
For Wednesday, 12.11.24 :
The theme is Christmas!
For Wednesday, 10.30.24 :
Take a photo and write an Ekphrastic poem or short story (either poetry or prose, literal or figurative, and totally creative).
Consider what you perceive in what you see – focus on thoughts and feelings.
As always, songs, music or artwork that reflect our topic could also be shared in place of a written work.
For Wednesday, 10.23.24 :
Theme: Scarecrows in a Pumpkin Patch
For Wednesday, 9.25.24 :
Theme: Chocolate vs. Chewing Gum
For Wednesday, 9.4.24 :
Ongoing Theme: What Would You Change About Yourself If You Could?
PLAY REHEARSAL:
- Friday, 9/6 @ 1:30 p.m.
- Room E-128
For Wednesday, 7.24.24 :
- Read-Through of Revised Play Script
For Wednesday, 7.10.24 :
- Poetry Theme: Country - bring a poem that explores the theme of "country" based on your personal interpretation of the word or concept
- Play Review: There will also be a review of the play / script at the next meeting
Coming Up :
- Call for Officers in the Fall Semester
For Wednesday, 6.26.24 : Bring 3 haiku - Due to cancellation of the 6/26 due to the power outage, please bring your haiku to the meeting on Wednesday, 7/3/24.
