File #: 23-1856    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Time Allocation
File created: 9/28/2023 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 10/24/2023 Final action: 10/24/2023
Title: Supervisor Parlin recommending the Board receive an update from Terry LeMoncheck of Arts & Culture El Dorado on the Poet Laureate program; and introduce the 2023-25 Poet Laureate Stephen Meadows of Georgetown CA. FUNDING: N/A
Attachments: 1. A Arts & Culture Poet Laureate Press Release

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Supervisor Parlin recommending the Board receive an update from Terry LeMoncheck of Arts & Culture El Dorado on the Poet Laureate program; and introduce the 2023-25 Poet Laureate Stephen Meadows of Georgetown CA.

 

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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND

The Poet Laureate program was established by the El Dorado Arts Council in 2016.  A poet laureate is a poet, officially appointed by a conferring institution, who is often expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Attached is the press release and more information is available at this link:  https://artsandcultureeldorado.org/poet-laureate/

 

ALTERNATIVES

The Board could decide not to approve.

 

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STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT

Good Governance

 

CONTACT

Kim Dawson x5393