Come on out and see me at the very cool Geek and Grub Market: Halloween Edition! I will have many pieces from my Fallen Angels series, including new Wendigo and Cordyceps/Clicker angels! I’ll also have assemblage art pieces, pendants, shrines, and much more, all made with upcycled, found elements. Reduce, reuse, recycle!
Come out to the Carnival of Darkness for all your spooky season needs! My partner in crime and I will have tentacles, creepy ghouls, toadstools, spooky jewels, bones, and crones — all kinds of upcycled, assemblage, sculpture type handmade art! Check us out!
Come out to Pitt Street, have a pint or two, and check out my latest work! I’ve been having a blast with assemblage art, which is original art made using found materials. This is a fun way for me to combine my love of thrifting and my personal mission to reduce/reuse/recycle as much as possible with my creative impulse!
Many thanks to the folks at Pitt Street who are champions of the arts here in Pitt County.
Writing is good for your mind and your heart. In this workshop, we will explore practicing mindfulness and gratitude through writing poetry. Through a series of fun, short writing activities, participants will learn techniques to get ideas down on paper or the screen, and then turn those ideas into a draft of a poem.
From the NCMA website: “The annual live drawing party of the year is back—and it’s outside this time! Watch artists create fresh art you can purchase immediately for only a $50 donation. Follow ncartmuseum.org/programs for the full lineup and don’t miss your favorite North Carolina artists making work just for you. Artists change on the hour, and the first hour is dedicated to artists under the age of 15.
Proceeds go to support the work of the NCMA in the community; pick your favorite fund and dedicate your donation.”
Come see me from 3-4pm!
Come check out my new work and enjoy a Code of Conduct, my personal favorite hazy IPA, or any of Pitt Street’s other bodacious beers brewed on site! Eat, drink, and shop local!
Come join us at Converse College for a book launch! Ice on a Hot Stove is an anthology of poetry by Converse MFA alumni and current, visiting, and former faculty. Published 2021 by Clemson University Press.
Paintings up at Pitt Street Brewery as the August — September featured artist.
The paintings in Take Up Space explore, through paintings and poetry, how women are asked to make themselves smaller, both literally and figuratively. The figures in the paintings are the focus of each canvas.
Let’s Play! Making Daily Writing Fun
Staring down a blank page can be a stressful and frustrating experience. It can make the act of writing difficult and make daily practice or journaling seem like a chore. Sometimes, it is useful to purposefully remind ourselves that writing, in whatever genre we choose, is something we enjoy, that writing can be fun! One way to do this is to add an element of tactile play. This can be anything from rolling dice, to molding clay, to dealing cards, to making silly faces out of found materials.
In this workshop, participants from beginners to experienced writers will add to their writing prompt toolbox using elements of play. We will have at least three tabletop game influenced writing prompts with writing time. Participants will have the opportunity to share what they have written.
Shel Silverstein wrote, “put something silly in the world that ain’t been there before.” Please bring something to write with and on, and come ready to play!
Come out to Whirligig Stage in Uptown Greenville to see Speech & Debate, a play for mature audiences by Stephen Karam.
Shows Thursday through Saturday at 7pm, Sunday at 2pm. Spread the word!
Closing Reception @ Whirligig Stage
Join me for a poetry workshop at Whirligig Stage in Uptown Greenville. This seven week course will help poets at all levels to work on topic generation, revision, and getting out of your own way in your writing! Hope to see you! Contact Whirligig Stage for further information.
Alex Theus (left) and Angela Raper (right) reading from their current work, rocking the Whirligig Stage!
Book signing at Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors.
I will be signing books at the Winston Salem Writers booth #26 near the corner of Holly and Spruce. Come see me!
Come out for First Friday Whirly Writers at Whirligig Stage in Uptown Greenville! September 7, we will have poets Malaika King Albrecht, Celestine Davis, Gabrielle Brant Freeman, and Amber Flora Thomas. Stay for Jazz at 8!
Books will be available for purchase at the event. Book signing after the reading.
Book signing at Press 53 table.
Book signing at the Converse College MFA table.
Come out to Garner for a poetry reading and open mic!
Join me in Uptown Greenville for some fun with fandom poetry prompts! Every half hour from 5-8. Friday, November 3.
Join writer Gabrielle Brant Freeman at Moxie Pop for some flash writing! Explore a new writing prompt -- the color of emotion, think/pair/share/, scent memory, ekphrasis, confession (oooooh!) -- every 30 minutes. Come to Moxie Pop at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, and/or 7:30 this First Friday and kick start some poems/ flash fiction/ stories!
Every 30 minutes: hear original poetry or flash fiction, get a prompt, do some writing, share out (if you want to!). Bring your journal or a cocktail napkin and a pen. Let's write!
MFA Alumni Reading with Karin Gillespie, Gabrielle Brant Freeman, and Melissa Dickson Jackson.
Want to geek out on poetry? Join me for Nerd Nite at Tapped! I'll present on form and maybe even do a little audience participation sestina-ing. Yep, it's a word. I just made it up!
"Featuring original works by Intro to Poetry Writing poets, Word of Mouth performance, and poets Gabrielle Brant Freeman and Amber Flora Thomas."
Join us!
I am the Featured Poet for the March First Tuesday Open Mike at the Trent River Coffee Company in New Bern. After my reading, the mike is open for other poets who sign up. The First Tuesday Poetry Open Mike is a free event sponsored by the Nexus Poets, a group of Eastern North Carolina poets promoting poetry in the area.
"Did you bare your neck or your teeth?"
Please join me for an evening of exploring different methods of breaking lines in poetry. This is an online webinar sponsored by the North Carolina Writers' Network.
