Artifact, Archive, Orchard: The Binding of Past and Present in Poetry

Collaborative Poetry Event Hosted by Montserrat College of Art and the Peabody Historical Society 

Wednesday, April 25, 7:00 pm

Join us as we celebrate National Poetry Month and conclude a three-part poetry gala event that incorporates history, poetry and art!

The night will include readings by North Shore poets who took part in previous writing and bookmaking workshops and a lecture by Collections Conservator for the Harvard College Library at Harvard University, Todd Pattison.

North Shore Poets: Alicia Churchill, Crystal Condakes, Danielle Jones-Pruett, Joe McCurn, Colleen Michaels, Dawn Paul, January Gill O’Neil, Cindy Veach

Also, a banner created by printmaking artist and Montserrat instructor, Len Thomas-Vickory, will be on display portraying texts, tools and landscapes used in the poetry workshops.

For more information contact Montserrat’s Writing Studio Director and Coordinator of the Improbable Places Poetry Tour, Colleen Michaels,  colleen.michaels@montserrat.edu