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Pop-up Poetry-Making Labs with Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez
Join Us for a pop-up poetry-making lab with San Diego’s 2023-2024 Poet Laureate, Jason Magabo Perez.
Jason Magabo Perez, Ph.D., will lead three creative writing labs in the Hostile Terrain 94 exhibition. These writing labs are included with general admission, and visitors are invited to drop-in at any point during the labs to participate. All are welcome!
Visitors will engage with the exhibit through the creative process of writing poetry and explore poetry-making techniques like ekphrasis, cut-up, documentary, and collage. Jason blends poetry with other art forms such as performance art and oral history to explore themes of colonialism, solidarity, migration, and more. This program is part of San Diego Poetry Futures 2024, a community engagement project led by Jason to explore poetry as a form of intergenerational community empowerment.
Three separate writing labs will be offered on Tuesdays in November, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Copies of Jason's 2024 book, I ask about what falls away, will be on sale during the writing labs for $12 for members, $15 for non-members.
Event Details
Date: Select Tuesdays in November
Tuesday, November 12This workshop is canceled.- Tuesday, November 19
- Tuesday, November 26 – Residents Free Tuesday!
- Tuesday, December 3
Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Museum of Us
Price: Included with general admission tickets or active membership, no registration required
Age: All ages are welcome. Please use your discretion to decide if this is an appropriate fit for your group.
What to bring: Notebooks and writing utensils are optional; pen and paper will be provided
GET TICKETSJason Magabo Perez serves as San Diego Poet Laureate 2023-24. Perez is the author of Phenomenology of Superhero (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2016), This is for the mostless (WordTech Editions, 2017), and I ask about what falls away (Kaya Press, 2024). Perez’s work has appeared in Interim, Witness, The Feminist Wire, Marías at Sampaguitas, TLDTD, San Diego Union-Tribune, NPR's Here & Now, among others. Recipient of a Challenge America Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, previous Artist-in-Residence at the Center for Art and Thought, and current Poet Laureate Fellow with Academy of American Poets, Perez has performed at notable venues such as the National Asian American Theater Festival, International Conference of the Philippines, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, La Jolla Playhouse, and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. Perez serves as a core organizer of The Digital Sala and as an Associate Editor at Ethnic Studies Review. Perez is an Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University San Marcos.
Exhibits at the Museum of Us may contain content that is difficult or disturbing to some visitors. The Hostile Terrain 94 exhibit contains content related to migrant death and systemic violence.
Please contact publicprograms@museumofus.org with any questions.
Financial support is provided by the Academy of American Poets, the Mellon Foundation, and the City of San Diego through the Commission for Arts and Culture.
The Museum of Us recognizes that it sits on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Kumeyaay Nation. The Museum extends its respect and gratitude to the Kumeyaay peoples who have lived here for millennia.
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