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Art For the People

The Poet-Tree Project

Travel through either one of contempla on for the trees in our
Mountain Maryland’s Arts and local cityscapes. The project itself
Entertainment districts, in aims to recognize the rich tradi on
Cumberland and Frostburg, and of poets wri ng about trees.
you will be met with diverse
genres of art in our galleries, “I hope that folks local and visi ng
theaters, and art spaces. But in alike will enjoy walking on the
Allegany County, there’s a whole sidewalks of Allegany County and
world of art exis ng out in the happening upon this tangible
open for all to share. The public art reminder that poetry is always
in our Mountain Maryland around us,” says Jennifer Brown,
communi es brings you giant the Execu ve Director for the
works from world class sculptors Frostburg Center for Literary Arts
and muralists, and now, with the and dreamer of the idea itself.
emergence of the Poet Tree Visitors are encouraged to be
project, you can enjoy works in the mindful and on the lookout for
literary arts in the public sphere.
these nuggets of literary art as
The Poet Tree Project is they wander our communi es and
championed by Frostburg State state parks. Over 20 plaques are
University’s Center for Literary Arts installed between Rocky Gap State
and was inspired in part by the Park, the City of Cumberland, the
Yoko Ono Wish Tree Project as well City of Frostburg, Frostburg State
as the informa onal plaques one University campus, and the towns
sees at arboreta. Printed on metal of Lonaconing and Westernport.
plaques and installed on posts It’s like a game of hide and seek or
next to trees throughout the geocaching (as there are GPS
county, poems classified as coordinates listed for each
tree centric, tree related, or tree loca on) the poems are installed FIND A POET-TREE
adjacent are intended to surprise near libraries, train depots, state
and delight the curious and and community parks, and LOCATION NEAR YOU.
perhaps spark a moment of Frostburg’s arboretum.

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