Found Poetry Workshop with Zoë Bird: 3–4:30 P.M.
Forthcoming event
Overview
CHINA MARKS | "Words and Music," 2014. Fabric, thread, fusible adhesive, 11 x 13 1/2 in (27.9 x 34.3 cm). Photo by Jeffrey Scott French, courtesy China Marks
435 S. Guadalupe St.
On Friday, 10 July, 3–4:30 P.M., join poet Zoë Bird for a free exploratory poetry workshop in conversation with works from the exhibition Lucid Perturbations: The Sewn Drawings and Books of China Marks.
Engaging with the pictography full of dark humor and deep humanity in Marks's sewn work, participants are invited to create found poems from the texts stitched and embroidered in the artist's books and drawings.
No poetry experience needed. Bring a notebook, a pen, and your sense of adventure!
About Zoë Bird
Zoë Bird is a poet, singer, visual artist, and editor whose poems have been featured in art installations; on city windows; in journals and anthologies such as About Place, Sin Fronteras, and The Royal Breadshow; and in collaborations with artists in all media, including Butoh dancers, ceramicists, melodica players, and quiltmakers. A mentor and consultant in the field of creative aging, she was the director of the Alzheimer's Poetry Project Minnesota from 2012 to 2025 and has taught poetry to people of all ages and abilities for more than twenty years.
