Poetry Collage with Addyson Frattura

Workshop Description

Crafting a poem does not need to begin with a profound idea or feeling. While the profound is compelling, the mundane world of the everyday is a uniquely interesting site from which we can create poems and play with our everyday experiences. Think of all your daily encounters with paperwork. This doesn't sound too poetic and inspiring, does it? But maybe, just maybe, there is something else there! In this workshop, we will play with seemingly uninspiring paperwork (forms, spam mail, advertisements, etc.) and create poems from ripping apart and piecing together a poem through collaging words and phrases from everyday paperwork. This poetic method is similar to found poetry since we will not be drawing words/phrases from our minds alone, but rather we will begin from a text that already exists and then create a poem from it. We can also call this emergent poetry, where the poem emerges through playing with the materials. This practice is sometimes called collage poetry. In the workshop, we will learn collage poetry, introductory poetic form, thematic development of a poem, and repurposing everyday materials for art projects. What you will learn in this workshop: -Collage poetry -Introductory poetic form -Thematic development -Repurposing everyday materials for art projects Materials and supplies that will be provided for participants to use during the workshop: -Poster canvas for collaging -Magazines, spam mail, advertisements -Adhesive -Markers and pens for mark-making or drafting Please bring uninspiring paperwork you want to repurpose for your poetry collage. Examples: government forms, spam mail, advertisements, custom forms, health care pamphlet, travel guide pamphlet, credit card offers, etc. Please do not bring any paperwork with personal information About the instructor: Addyson Frattura is a writer, teacher, philosopher, and artist. Addyson is curious about playing with ideas, feelings, and mundane objects within educational and artistic communities. They are often preoccupied with the human condition and human suffering. Much of her work emerges from tensions between exclusion and belonging. What to wear: Where what is comfortable you to think, feel, and create in. Public Transport and Parking Train- Marine Drive Station Bus - Served by the numbers 10, 100, 17 Parking - Off-street parking close by Please note that the workshop fee is non-refundable unless fewer than two people register. Looking forward to seeing you! :)

Contact Details

• 8930 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  presentartsvancouver@gmail.com