Join us for the next edition of Poetry in the Gallery! Note: We will be going on a summer hiatus in June and July (just Poetry in the Gallery; not the Arts Center) and will be returning in August for the fall series.

This month will be featuring George Yatchisin and Ga’agé Taya.

As always, there will be an open mic. Poets who would like to perform can sign up on the day and will have a maximum of five minutes (if you have shorter poems, please feel free to do more than one). Tickets are free for all students, members of the gallery and performers. So, if you plan to read on the open mic, please reserve a free ticket, since you will count as a performer. General admission is a suggested $10 donation. If you would like to attend but cannot afford the donation, please contact sean[at]studiochannelislands.org for options of financial support.

George Yatchisin is Santa Barbara Poet Laureate, 2025-2027, and the author of the chapbook Feast Days(Flutter Press 2016) and the full length The First Night We Thought the World Would End (Brandenburg Press 2019). His poems have been published in numerous journals including Antioch Review, Askew, and Zocalo Public Square. He is the co-editor of the anthologies Big Enough for Words: Poems and vintage photographs from California’s Central Coast (Gunpowder Press 2021) and Rare Feathers: Poems on Birds & Art (Gunpowder Press 2015), and his poetry appears in several anthologies including California Fire & Water: A Climate Anthology (Story Street Press 2020), Reel Verse: Poems About the Movies (Everyman's Library 2019), and Clash by Night (City Lit Press 2015).

Ga’agé Taya, “Crow Daughter,” is a N’dé poet born and raised in Ventura County. Her work explores the realities and nuances of being Queer and Indigenous in the United States. She is currently offering poetry workshops through her Xopan Poetry Lessons at Concentric Soul Studio in Ventura, every other Tuesday at 6:30pm.