Global
Haiku Festival
March
15-May 1, 2000
Decatur Public Library
an
exhibit of Midwestern haiku and photography
by
Gretchen Batz & Lee Gurga
The
festival actually began March 15th with an exhibit of Midwestern
haiku and photography at the Decatur Public Library. The
photographs by Gretchen Batz of Elsah, Illinois, were paired
with haiku by Lee Gurga of Lincoln, Illinois.
This
exhibit and a display case of haiku books from writers and
editors coming to the Global Haiku Festival generated a
great deal of interest from the Decatur community. As a
result several newcomers to haiku participated in various
events at the festival and these events were widely covered
by central Illinois media including radio stations, local
television, five newspapers and one general interest magazine.
This
exhibit was the genesis of an online collection of photographs
and haiku, Long Walk Alone, published as an online web collection
at: http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/batz
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