Enjoy a free poetry collage workshop in conjunction with the exhibit “Artists in the Archives: Community, History & Collage” currently at the Henry Sheldon Museum led by Bianca Amira Zanella, The Paper Poet. The workshop will be held in the Sheldon’s exhibit gallery.
You become the artist. and you become the poet during this afternoon of decoupage poetry. The medium of collage lends itself to a poet interpretation.
All supplies provided.
For ages 14-100+. Space is limited to 20 participants.
Bianca Amira Zanella (she/they) is a cis queer Vermont-based performance poet, artist, and advocate living on unseated Abenaki land. She is the Poet-in-Residence at Phoenix Books, hosting an international monthly open mic. Her poems have appeared in The Artful Mind, The Rutland Herald, The Mountain Troubadour, and The Reverie. Their poem films, sculptural poems, and poem paintings have also been on exhibit with PoemCity Montpelier, Merwin Gallery, Stone Valley Arts, SPACE: a Pop Up Art Gallery, and Surdam Gallery.
They received the Corrine Eastman Davis Memorial Award for their poem, "A prayer –before the soup– for the suicidal son" (2018). In 2019, Bianca acted as Wellness Coordinator for the Feminine Empowerment Movement Slam (FEMS) tournament based in Cambridge, MA, and founded "Infinite Lit: a night of spoken word poetry," co-producing the series alongside Moth storyteller Michael Kingsbury.
In 2020, Bianca founded The Paper Poet, offering healing poetic experiences to anyone experiencing suffering and continues to perform around the United States and globally, including reading for the American Club of Brussels and competing at the Women of the World Poetry Slam in Dallas, TX. Bianca attended the Ruth Stone House 2021 Next Galaxy Poetry Retreat and was nominated for the Presidency of Poetry Society of Vermont. In 2022 as PSOV President now, she connects diverse poets across the state to create community around poetry.
Stay connected with Bianca by subscribing to The Paper Poet's free newsletter full of resources and events at thepaperpoet.com and/or on Instagram @thepoetbianca. Book Bianca today for your own unique poetry workshop or one on one writing healing session!