GOVERNOR TO ANNOUNCE NEW STATE POET LAUREATE: May 3

MEDIA ALERT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 1, 2012

Alyssa Hickman Grove, 801.236.7548

Constituent Relations & Media, Utah Arts & Museums

Geoffrey Fattah, 801.245.7205

Communications Director, Utah Dept. of Community and Culture

GOVERNOR TO ANNOUNCE NEW STATE POET LAUREATE

WHO:              Governor Gary R. Herbert

                        Julie Fisher, Executive Director of Community and Culture

                        Margaret Hunt, Director of the Utah Arts Council

                        Utah Arts Council Board Members

WHAT:            The Poet Laureate acts as the leading public advocate for the literary arts in Utah. The state established the Poet Laureate program in 1997 to raise the public profile of Utah’s literature and literary arts organizations.

WHEN:           Thursday, May 3, 2012 – 12:30 pm

WHERE:        Governor’s Leadership in the Arts Awards Luncheon

                        Utah Cultural Celebration Center

                        1355 West 3100 South, West Valley City

WHY:              To appoint and announce Utah’s new State Poet Laureate