Art in the Heart
Ikon Gallery book launch
Art in the Heart was a joint venture between art galleries and poets. Five commissioned local poets and five people who had their work selected from workshops they had attended with Philip Monks.
They created a book of images and poems from over 20 Arts venues in the region.
The evening at the Gallery celebrated the book launch. I bought a copy. It is diverse and thought provoking. – I quite like the challenge of using the artwork in the book to create my own series of poems. 
We heard about the project from guest speakers including the man responsible for actually producing the book. As passionate about typography as writers are about language and words!
Then were treated to 10 of the poets performing their work, upstairs in the gallery.
It was a long way to go for such a short event. I think it was worth it too.
One of the poets published in this collection was Jane Commane (Editor at Nine Arches) and leader of the workshop I booked for Poetry Publishing. I completed all my own research the first time around. So much has changed if there are opportunities to hear others talk about it, I will.
The evening started with a drinks reception and was a wonderful experience. I even managed to get a special Literature Festival biro.
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