Thank you for visiting Sea Smoke Arts on the edge of Resurrection Bay in Seward, Alaska. Here you ca
While returning to Sitka, Alaska to host community poetry workshops and provide a reading at the Sitka Public Library, Shauna Potocky visited Raven Radio for the Library Radio Hour and the conversation featured a discussion about bears, the Seward Cares For Its Bears Collective, poetry and serving as Artist in Residence for the Sitka Conservation Society. Here is your chance to hear the interview in its entirety.
Shauna Potocky joins Katie Bausler, host of Active Voice the official podcast of 49 Writers. This interview explores work from Shauna’s first collection of poetry titled Yosemite Dawning: Poems of the Sierra Nevada and previews poems in Shauna’s second collection of poetry Sea Smoke, Spindrift and Other Spells which is due out in summer of 2025. Both books are published by Cirque Press.
Enjoy this interview, which provides a look inside the work of writing.
Exciting news and hot off the press! Sea Smoke, Spindrift and Other Spells published by Cirque Press has just been released. Featuring poetry centered on Seward and living life on the edge of the Gulf of Alaska, and travels along the Kenai Peninsula, this highly anticipated book is now making its way around Alaska for special readings, events and workshops. This is Shauna Potocky’s second book of poetry, which again includes maps and illustrations by author. This collection also features remarkable artwork by Kassandra Mirosh of Weyekin Studio.
Sea Smoke, Spindrift and Others Spells and Yosemite Dawning: Poems of the Sierra Nevada are both available from Cirque Press and can be purchased anywhere books are sold. Feel free to ask your look independent bookstore to secure copies for you!
Join Kassandra Mirosh of Weyekin Studio and myself for a very special show featuring Kassandra’s extraordinary folded feathers artwork along with our series of collaborative poetry broadsides, which opens on Friday, July 5, 2024 at Ranting Raven in Seward, Alaska. There will also be Sea Smoke Arts paintings, books, and the full compliment of Seward mountain art card sets on hand.
In addition, there is a new release of cards featuring Seward’s Arctic terns, inspired by the annual migration each spring to our wetlands to nest and fledge their young. These are new to the card set series and I hope they bring you joy as well as remind all of us how important the local habitat is for their livelihood. We are fortunate to call them kin.
The show will be up all month, so if you have time, make your way to Ranting Raven and enjoy a walk along the long wall. Enjoy!
Artwork image for post and flier header is credit: Kassandra Mirosh, Weyekin Studio
2025 Events, Readings, Shows and Workshops
For a full list of scheduled or forthcoming events, please visit the main Events page.
With the newly released Sea Smoke, Spindrift and Other Spells by Shauna Potocky and published by Cirque Press, the are plenty of summer and fall events to celebrate Shauna’s second collections of poems and enjoy gatherings that feature readings, discussions, or workshops.
Visit the Events page to see the latest list of upcoming events. Interested in a reading or workshop in your community, please contact Shauna via email at Shauna@SeaSmokeArts.com.
National Poetry Month: April events in Sitka, Alaska.
A stunning view of Mount Edgecumbe and the community of Sitka, Alaska.
July 5, 2024 Ranting Raven Gallery
Wing and Song: Sea to Summit
Please join artist Kassandra Mirosh of Weyekin Studio along with poet and painter, Shauna Potocky of Sea Smoke Arts as their creations and collaboration celebrate the birds, mountains and phenomena that fill our world with wonder, delight and keep us wondering at the mysteries that surround us. Their show will feature a mix of mediums including folded feather art, poetry, cards and broadsides. You’ll likely find some fun surprises too!
Follow along at @WeyekinStudio WeyekinStudio@gmail.com and @SeaSmokeArts Shauna@SeaSmokeArts.com to see updates and early reveals!
April 2024
Launch of the First Annual Seward Poetry Festival! Thank you to the Seward Community Foundation, Seward Arts Council, CIRQUE Press, 49 Writers, Friends of the Seward Community Library and Museum, and Stoney Creek Brewery. It was an amazing week of programming and a great start to an annual tradition.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Shauna will be the featured poet for Poetry Parley hosted at the Writers Block in Anchorage, Alaska.
Join Kassandra Mirosh of Weyekin Studios and Shauna Potocky of Sea Smoke Arts as they release their art and poetry broadsides at the Alaska Audubon Art and Conservation Night at the Anchorage Museum. Don’t Miss It!
CIRQUE Press signings at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference Seattle, Washington 2023
Shauna Potocky wins Tall Tales 2020!
Tall Tales! This weekend, September 19, 2020 at 7:00 P.M. Don’t Miss It!
Art Show: May 2020 Ranting Raven Art Gallery
Need some inspiration along with proper social distancing? The month of May will feature a special re-worked art showing–allowing people to do a walking art tour. Please stop by the Ranting Raven to see the show that was originally designed for this space, transformed into a virtual offering as well as a visual exhibit in the front window.
Literary Reading: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Lesser Told Tales of Town at Resurrect Art Coffee House has been postponed. This event will be rescheduled when community events can resume. Safety First!
Literary Reading: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Resurrect Art Coffee House
Art show: First Friday, July 5, 2019 at SeaSalt located in Downtown Seward, Alaska.
Art show: First Friday, May 3, 2019 at Advanced Physical Therapy located in Downtown Seward, Alaska.
