Heidi McGurrin: Heidi McGurrin is known as a poet, writer, painter and photographer. Her poetry and artwork has been presented nationally and internationally. She was honored by Congressman Sam Farr with an exhibition at the Cannon Rotunda, Washington, DC. Her art has been inspired by years of travel through Cuba, Haiti, Brazil, Chiapas Mexico, Chile, Guatemala, the Inca lands of Cuzco, Peru and Bolivia with the Los Medicos Volodores (The Flying Doctors), translating for them and writing poetry, stories and photographs about their experiences. Her recollections of her years with jazz artists in SF will be included in the upcoming documentary film, The Westerfeld House of Legends, directed by Matt Alavi. This film includes artists and Jazz Musicians who were part of the Summer of Love in San Francisco in the fifties and sixties. McGurrin has published two books titled, Havana Dream and Poetic Landscapes, Memories of My life, which can be found on the website www.blurb.com in the bookstore section. She is the granddaughter of the founder Frank Powers of an artist colony which is known today as Carmel-by-the-Sea. She lives on the Monterey peninsula where she teaches poetry and painting to children from nearby coastal towns.
