Join JC over the weekend of October 14 and 15 to explore collage and found poetry and the dialogue between the two as part of the offerings from the The Prince Edward County Arts Council at the Armoury in Picton, Ontario.
Each afternoon, participants will delve into their personal experience and how that relates to spaces between, for example:
–seasons, when autumn gives way to winter;
–people or places, when leaving gives way to remembering;
–objects, where one treasure is lost and can or cannot be replaced.
On Day 1, participants will deep-dive and create a visioning board collage which gives expression to their thoughts. On Day 2, they’ll use magazine, newspaper, and other text sources to write found poems arising from their collage. Sharing and showcasing their work in the group and beyond the workshop will also be discussed.
The workshop will appeal to everyone, regardless of their writing or art-related backgrounds, with an interest in exploring relationships between visual art and self-reflection and in finding the poetry there. All materials will be provided.
Here’s a link to register for the program. https://countyarts.regfox.com/between-beauty-and-loss-with-jc-sulzenko
Save the date: LIFE, AFTER LIFE–FROM EPITAPH TO EPILOGUE launches in Toronto on November 3, 2024
Aeolus House launches JC’s new book of poetry, Life, after life—from epitaph to epilogue, at 7:00 PM on Sunday, November 3, at the Free Times Café, 320 College St., two blocks west of Spadina.
Published under her pen name, A. Garnett Weiss, Life, after Life is her third poetry collection. In this new book she turns words and phrases found in obituaries published on a single day in the Globe and Mail into over 60, five-line, singular poems.
“I read them all—for the stories, for what they say about life rather than about death,” JC explains. “ I liken these poems to an epilogue or afterword, since each one rounds out conclusions I drew from my readings rather than recasts an obituary about any one person.”
Keys at the end of the collection provide the given names of each person about whom JC read.
“Listing these names reflects the connection I feel to them and my wish to honour the memory of each one, while respecting their privacy. The keys also acknowledge fully obituary articles to which I referred.”
The evening features poets Donna Langevin and Kate Rogers reading in response to a poem in Life, after life and from their own body of work.
Copies of Life, after life will be available for purchase on site. For further information, go to:info@aeolushouse.com
Come early. Seating is limited. (Reservations for dinner advised.)
COMING UP:
A book launch and reading in Ottawa at Perfect Books on Elgin Street in the evening of Wednesday, November 27, 2024, featuring poets Allan Briesmaster and JC.
The Prince Edward County launch for Life, after life on Saturday, Nov. 30, at 2:30 PM, Picton Branch of the Library on Main Street.
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