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SUMMARY:Artful : The Poets
DESCRIPTION:Join host Natalie Nickerson on November 3rd with our feature poet Toni Dunne. Feature poet followed by open mic\, sign up at the door (5 mins each spot). \nToni Dunne is an earthen creatrix\, eco-sensualist\, social butterfly\, silly goose. Her poetry is inspired by paradox\, the stretchy\, crunchy\, achy beautiful journey of the human condition. She weaves her observations of the mundane with the miraculous and makes room for many truths. \nBorn of her love for the garden\, forest\, river\, mountain and sea\, her poetry emphasizes and explores relationship with the natural world.  A long time yogini and embodied mindfulness practitioner\, Toni infuses her craft with a certain quality of attention and attends to her life\, garden and writing as an ongoing practice of noticing and being with. \nHer most beloved muse is the clawfoot tub in the yard. \nWhen she’s not writing poetry or in the bath\, Toni can be found playing with her 10 year old son and ragdoll cat. She works as a teacher\, group facilitator\, somatic therapist and gardener in the Comox Valley\, a place she has called home for over 20 years. \nPlease join Toni as she midwives you through the seasons of cycles of the Pacific Northwest\, seduces you into the luscious world of petal\, stamen\, bloom and decay. \nCome enliven your senses and remember the magic you are embedded in.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/artful-the-poets-9/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading at Artful : The Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Artful : The Gallery welcomes Damian John for an evening of poetry. \n\n\nPoets Kelly Madden and Kristina Campbell will start the evening off\, and Damian John will be the featured artist.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/artful-the-gallery-welcomes-poet-damian-john/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading and Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:On Nov 13\, Arleen Paré and Wendy Donawa are hosting a poetry reading as they launch their recently published poetry collections Encrypted (published by Caitlin Press) and The Time of Falling Apart (Harbour Publishing) respectively. \nArleen Paré is a Victoria writer with ten collections of poetry\, one chapbook and one co-edited anthology. She’s been short-listed for the Dorothy Livesay BC Award\, and has won the Victoria Butler Book Prize\, a CBC Bookie Prize\, the bpnichol Chapbook Award\, the American Golden Crown Award for Lesbian Poetry\, twice\, and a Governor Generals’ Award for Poetry. She lives with her wife\, Chris Fox\, in Victoria on the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people.\n\n\n\nWendy Donawa was raised in Victoria\, but spent 36 years of her adult life in Barbados\, where she raised her family\, studied at the university of the West Indies\, taught at the college and was for a decade\, a curator at the Barbados Museum.\nNow retired from the academic life\, she lives gratefully on the traditional unceded territories of the Lekwungen-speaking Songees and Esquimalt nations\, in Victoria.\n\nHere\, her heart and mind have turned to poetry\, and she is grateful for the gifted and generous teachings Patrick Lane\, Lorna Crozier\, and many others. Her poems appear in numerous chapbooks\, anthologies and poetry magazines. Her first book\, Thin Air of the Knowable\, was long-listed for the Raymond Souster and a finalist for the Gerald Lambert Award. Her second book\, Our Bodies’ Unanswered Questions\, was one of the 2021 Frontenac quartet. The Time of Falling Apart is her third collection.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/poetry-reading-and-book-launch/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
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SUMMARY:Improbable Objects Artist Reception
DESCRIPTION:Five pillars of the Comox Valley Art scene are collaborating to bring their varied artistic endeavours to Artful : The Gallery with the exhibition “Improbable Objects”. Collaborating for inspiration has always been a productive creative strategy\, and this exhibition reflects the varied sensibilities of the artists: Ed Varney\, Marci Katz\, Martha Jablonski-Jones\, Jeff Hartbower and Bill Friesen. \n\nThe absurdity and illogical scenes of Surrealism and Dadaism led the to the overall theme for this exhibition. From there\, each artist followed their own creative path into the dreamlike imagery. The broad variety of artistic expression utilized by this group of artists includes printmaking\, collage\, painting\, sculpture\, drawings\, paintings and contributes to the unexpected juxtapositions created by their artworks. The result is a playful exhibition of contrasts with bizarre and uncanny combinations to stimulate the unconscious; the ultimate source of creative freedom.\n\n“Improbable Objects” runs at Artful : The Gallery November 26 thru December 20. Join us for the Artist Reception\, Saturday\, November 29th\, 7-9 pm. Regular gallery hours are Weds to Sat\, 12-5pm. The gallery is located at 526C Cumberland Rd\, in Courtenay.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/improbable-objects-artist-reception/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
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