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Poetry & Visual Arts

Poems in conversation with other art forms, such as painting, photography, sculpture, video, and architecture.

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  • Article
    By Constance Jaeggi

    This folio pairs my photographic portraits of US-based escaramuzas with commissioned poetry by the Mexican American poets ire’ne lara silva and Angelina Sáenz. 

    Four women in maroon and white traditional Mexican dresses and hats sit sidesaddle on horses. Two horses face the camera and two face away.
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    Join us for a poetry reading, artist talk, and reception to celebrate the opening of the exhibition Escaramuza, the Poetics of Home
    Portrait of three women in pale blue dresses with red trim and wide brimmed hats facing the camera with a horse in the background.
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    An evening of poetry readings by Elise Paschen and Esther Belin plus artist talks by June Carpenter and Lydia Cheshewalla, followed by a reception.
    Three large trees are surrounded by butterflies, flowers, and Osage oranges, which are only partially filled in.
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    An evening of performances and readings by Karen Finley, Jada Renée Allen, Odette Stout, and Ruby Que with Ále Campos.
    A hand-drawn pink radio tower transmits blue and red sound waves.
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    A poetry reading featuring Cheryl Clarke, Harmony Holiday, Natalia Molebatsi, and Nikki Patin.
    Abstract illustration with hand drawn lines and round shapes on a black background
  • Poem

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    By Nick Makoha
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  • Poem
    By Jayne Cortez
    From white lightnin to
    bowed heads in red
    rooms of pregnancy
    under blackness
    spread out      closed in
    how do …
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    A generative poetry workshop in conversation with the current exhibition, More Light!
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  • Glossary Terms
    An artist’s book is a book and a piece of art, often integrating various forms of content such as text, images, and materials.
  • Audio
    Poetry Off the Shelf
    Helena and Nicholson Baker on drawing your loved ones, the horrors of the world, and finding your way back to beauty.
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    Luftwerk’s immersive interpretation of Aram Saroyan’s poem “lighght”
    Prismatic color field
  • Collection
    By Adam O. Davis
    Poetry, like the movie theater, is built out of dark and light. The ink and the page. The room and the screen.
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  • Glossary Terms
    “Description” in Greek. An ekphrastic poem is a vivid description of a scene or, more commonly, a work of art.
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