CCA celebrates the creativity of our community, through our cinema and arts, generating transformative experiences designed to ignite minds and connect people.
In line with this mission, CCA is pleased to partner with Elizabeth Jacobson, the fifth Poet Laureate of Santa Fe, for poetry workshops and readings.
Intimate Immersion Poetry Workshop with Elizabeth Jacobson: May 14, 21, 28 & June 4, Thursdays, 4:30 – 6:30
Class size limited to 8 participants
This spring, poet Elizabeth Jacobson is offering a new session of her popular workshop series
Intimate Immersion. During this four-week in-person intensive, the focus is on generating new
poems, critiquing each participant’s work, revising poems, and looking at elements of craft. Each
meeting, participants are invited to bring a new poem (with copies for everyone) for workshop
discussion. Since this is the first look, the process creates a deep, concentrated attention
different from preparing critique notes ahead of time. Additionally, contemporary poems are
provided as a catalyst for the following week’s writing prompt. This is an intimate, focused
immersion to reinforce the writing practice and foster the evolution of new poems.
No class fees can be refunded after two weeks prior to start date.
Elizabeth Jacobson was the fifth Poet Laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico and an Academy of
American Poets Laureate Fellow. Her third collection of poems, “There Are as Many Songs in the
World as Branches of Coral” is just out from Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press. Her previous
book, “Not into the Blossoms and Not into the Air,” won the New Measure Poetry Prize
(FVE/Parlor Press, 2019) and the 2019 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for both New Mexico
Poetry and Best New Mexico Book. She is the reviews editor for the online literary journal
Terrain.org.
Another session of this workshop will be offered in October 2026
La Mesa Event at CCA
May 23 @ 5:00 pm
A long table, a single microphone, and a community excited to listen – this is La Mesa, a new type of storytelling event! Six voices share true, 5–7 minute lived-experience stories, followed by short responses from table-mates, concluding in a conversation with the audience. La Mesa emphasizes listening, reflection, and connection across cultures, ages, and experiences.
La Mesa is produced by Joe Lambert, storyteller, community artist, educator, and founder of the
internationally renowned Storycenter. Partners for this event include the Center for
Contemporary Arts Poetry Program and the Santa Fe Public Library, with support from the
Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry.
More information available here.
Storytelling Workshops
La Mesa: Story Development Workshops
Saturday, April 11, 2026
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
La Farge Library, 1730 Llano Street, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Registration: santafelibrary.org/event/la-mesa-workshop-lafarge
And
Saturday, May 2, 2026
2:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Main Library, 145 Washington Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Registration: santafelibrary.org/event/la-mesa-workshop-main
Two free story development workshops will be held prior to the event to assist with story crafting. Community members who participate in the workshops will be considered for the performance.
Upcoming Additional Poetry Events Will Be Announced Soon!
