Kirk Judd, Creative Writing instructor and Director of Allegheny Echoes Writing Programs, has taught workshops and presented material across the state in many venues. Editor of the acclaimed anthology “Wild, Sweet Notes” and the author of three collections of poetry, “Field Of Vision”, “Tao- Billy”, and “My People Was Music”, he is internationally known for his performance work combining poetry and old time music. A founding member and former president of West Virginia Writers, Inc., Kirk has been chosen as a master presenter for the WV Governor’s School of Arts, and was featured as the first poet ever selected to be a Master Artist at October Old- Time Week at the Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College.