Culminating the first day of the UW Bothell Fall Convergence on Poetics, this keynote by Tracie Morris will consider aspects of innovative art through a Black performative perspective.
Tracie Morris is a poet, singer, critic, scholar, bandleader, artist consultant, vocal coach and actor. She holds an MFA in Poetry from Hunter College, has studied classical British acting technique at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, American acting technique at Michael Howard Studios, is an alum of Cave Canem’s prestigious summer residency as well as residencies at MacDowell, Millay and Yaddo. She holds a PhD in Performance Studies from New York University. Her work has been presented at the Whitney Biennial, Ron Feldman Gallery, The New Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and Dia:Chelsea and dozens of musical recording projects. Her books include Intermission, Rhyme Scheme and handholding: 5 kinds and she is co-editor of Best Experimental Writing (2016) with Charles Bernstein. Tracie is Professor and Coordinator of the MFA program in Performance + Performance Studies at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.
ABOUT THE 5th ANNUAL CONVERGENCE ON POETICS
FORM AND FORMATION
October 1 and 2, 2016
University of Washington Bothell
North Creek Events Center
The Form and Formation program was developed through collaboration with and support from the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry.
Fall Convergence 2016 addresses the most specific and most general aspects of form and formation: from the visual impact of print on the page; to engagement with diverse languages as conveying realities that cannot be easily translated or absorbed into another language; to cross-over endeavors between multiple arts and media; to bodily precarity and changing loves, sexualities and erotics; and to pressing political movements.
Please visit the website for a full schedule of panels and performances by:
Tracie Morris, Laynie Brown, Sarah Baker, Joshua Beckman, John Beer, Aeron Bergman, Anselm Berrigan, Richard Chiem, Allison Cobb, Brian Evenson, Lisa Fishman, Jeanne Heuving, Tyehimba Jess, Don Mee Choi, Joe Milutis, Robert Mittenthal, Aaron Shurin, Tree Swenson, Kaitlin Young, and Matthew Zapruder.
All conference events are free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be provided but no meals
Cultural Partner
University of Washington Bothell