Literary Arts at the Center
The Ludington Area Center for the Arts provides a lively forum for poets and prose writers through a partnership with Ludington Visiting Writers, our in-house literary arts program. The joint venture provides a supportive and encouraging environment for writers of every genre, as well as the opportunity for community members to share in the best new writing being done in Michigan.
Visit the Ludington Area Center for the Arts events calendar to learn more about upcoming readings and events.
Ludington Visiting Writers Reading Series
The Ludington Visiting Writers reading series features notable
Michigan writers of fiction, memoir, and poetry who publicly present
their work and conduct programs and workshops at the Center, local
schools and libraries. Ludington Visiting Writers has brought more than
70 noted Michigan writers to Ludington for readings and writing events,
including poets Diane Wakoski and Jack Ridl, fiction writers Bonnie Jo
Campbell and Peter Ho Davies, memoirists Michael Steinberg and Anne Marie Oomen, and screenwriter Lisa Enos.
Conferences and Workshops
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The Ludington Area Center for the Arts is the site of the Ludington Visiting Writers annual writers conference, featuring workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction led by noted writers and instructors from Michigan’s leading schools and universities, as well as panel discussions, craft presentations, and faculty and participant readings.
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Throughout the year, Ludington Visiting Writers director George Dila leads fiction writing workshops in which local writers meet to discuss writing technique and engage in exercises to ignite the creative spark. The workshops meet in the Judith Minty Writers Room at the Ludington Area Center for the Arts.
Summer Writer-in-Residence Program
The Ludington Visiting Writers Summer Writer-in-Residence program brings regional poets and
writers to the Ludington Area Center for the Arts to lead workshops for
adults and youth, readings, presentations, and other community-focused
events. Award-winning Michigan poet Phillip Sterling kicked off the program in 2009.
Regularly Scheduled Events
"Art is a place –
a place where you
get to be you
and be with all that
matters to you."
Open mic night
Local poets, fiction writers, songwriters, and storytellers take the
stage the third Tuesday of every month in the ETT (Every Third Tuesday) Open Mic. Held at various locations throughout Ludington, ETT invites community
members to participate, listen, and enjoy.
Writers group
The West Side Gang, local writers of all experience levels and genres, meet on the second
and fourth Tuesdays of every month in the Judith Minty Writers Room at
the Ludington Area Center for the Arts to discuss their work-in-progress
within a nurturing learning community.
Driftwood
Ludington Visiting Writers publishes the literary journal Driftwood,
featuring new work of Michigan poets and fiction writers.
Calendar
News & Announcements
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Call to Artists for the 3rd Annual Sweet Summer Exhibition
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Classes and workshops at the Center
Check out the links below or call the Center at 231-845-2787 during business hours: Tues-Sat., n..
What is Ludrock?
Ludrock is an event coming on Saturday, July 7th at City park, in beautiful downtown Ludington ..
Check out the Center's Wish List
We have quite a wish list of things needed for the Center this year, but much of it is stuff you..
Visit our gift shop
The gift shop at
the Ludington Area Center for the Arts offers the work of artists from the
Ludington area and
throughout Michigan. Our collection includes art and craft items from paintings, sculpture, and...
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