LAMORINDA WEEKLY | Authors, artists invited to join inaugural `Art Embraces Words' event

Artists paint with color; writers paint with words - together they enrich our community. Emerging writers can read from their works, surrounded by visual art from local artists, at the Lamorinda Arts Council inaugural event, "Art Embraces Words," from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 19 at the Lafayette Community Center. This Sunday series continues through the end of the year and is made possible by a generous grant from the Lafayette Community Foundation.

Master of ceremonies and Lafayette resident Lynn Carey, former host of the Times Book Club, introduces writers at approximately 10-minute intervals between 2 to 3 p.m. A reception follows from 3 to 4 p.m. with light refreshments. First up is writer Michelle Hoffmann, international best-selling author of "Life Worth Living - A Practical & Compassionate Guide to Navigating Widowhood & Sole Parenting."

Interested in reading your work? Sign up here: http://lamorindaarts.org/apply-as-a-writer. If you are a visual artist and would like to show your work, sign up here: http://lamorindaarts.org/apply-as-an-artist. Visual art will be videoed and uploaded post-event to the Lamorinda Arts Council's social media sites. Contact Natalie Samuels Wheeler and Elana O'Loskey at literary@lamorindaarts.org with questions. Or just show up and enjoy the spoken word surrounded by colorful artwork!