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Thursday, August 23, 2018 Wearable Poetry Timelines: 3b: Past Workshops (Unseen Archive), 4: Rachelle Toarmino Workshops & Events

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embroidery poems by Rachelle Toarmino

Taught by: Rachelle Toarmino
Where:
Just Buffalo Writing Center
468 Washington Street @ Mohawk, 2nd Floor
Buffalo, NY 14203
Dates: December 4 & 6 | December 11 & 13, 2018
Time: 4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.

Ever loved a poem so much you wanted to wear it? Join poet and Peach Mag editor in chief Rachelle Toarmino for a workshop exploring the relationship between what we say and what we wear. Participants will learn about the history of embroidery as a woman’s art of resistance alongside the contemporary ways we wear words, and leave the final session with pieces of clothing showcasing their own workshopped and embroidered micro-poems.

This workshop is FREE, aimed at young students aged 12–18, and limited to 12 participants.

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About the Teaching Artist

Rachelle Toarmino is the author of the chapbook series of paparazzi poems, Graphic (Ghost City Press), and the chapbook of embroidery poems, Personal & Generic (PressBoardPress). She is the cofounder and editor in chief of Peach Mag, where she is currently at work editing With You: An Anthology of Withdrawn Poetry, a collection of poems that have been re-homed from predatory presses and journals in response to the Me Too movement.