Creative Connections 2024 Poetry Workshops

Take your seat at the table with two workshops by two inspirational poets and presenters. Part of the Creative Connections 2024 exhibition and events.

Lakshmi Kanchi (SoulReserve)
'EYE OF THE MUSE' POETRY WORKSHOP

Friday October 4, 3pm - 5pm

Discover the secrets behind crafting visually stunning poems that transcend the boundaries of traditional expression. Look through the eye of your muse.
Visual Poetry harnesses visual cues and artistic elements, turning them into captivating and multidimensional objets d'art.

In this exclusive 2-hour workshop, award-winning poet Lakshmi Kanchi, aka SoulReserve, takes you on a journey, encouraging you to look beyond the immediate. Her voice guides you into a gentle meditation, helping you draw totems and symbols from your subconscious and bring them to the fore to create poetry that is much more than words on paper.  It is symbol, art, craft, and personal meaning wrung into unique and expressive pieces that speak louder than words.

Gillian Clark

'TELL ME YOUR DREAMS' POETRY WORKSHOP

Sunday October 6, 10.30 - 12.30pm

Tapping into the subconscious, this theme explores the world of dreams and their echoes in your waking life.  This includes surreal, dream-like and symbolic imagery and concepts and their use in poetry. Come and explore your dreamscape with prompts and aids to enhance your writing journey.

Gillian Clark is a WA based poet, writer and performer with a sensitivity to nature, drama in art, and a love of performance poetry. With a NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Arts) Acting background, her love of words has led her to poetry. She had an inclusions in Ros Spencer poetry anthology 2021, Creatrix publications and Poetry d’Amour anthology 2022, and WA Poets Pathways chapbook 2022/23.  Gillian has been a featured poet at Perth Poetry Club and performing at Storytellers Guild of WA showcase nights, and other poetry events.  She is also a committee member of the WA Poets.  In June 2022 and 2023, she was a Melville Midwinter festival contributor, poetry workshop facilitator, and performer, and in January 2024 was poet in residence at Vancouver Arts Centre in Albany.
As a private voice coach and high school educator, she also sings in a community choir.