WHAT WE HOLD & LEAVE BEHIND, an exhibition & poetry reading of Oregon senior seasoned poets — OPENING Reception

This Exhibition, Opening Reception and Reading, co-curated by poet Willa Schneberg, (who liaised with the Oregon poetry community), and photographer Jim Lommasson, celebrates over twenty senior seasoned poets. Jim photographed special objects of these esteemed writers, encompassing what they carry inside— lives filled with creativity, work, intimacy, autonomy, family, place and loss. In the Central Library Collins Gallery in downtown Portland, object images are paired with the poets’ hand-written poems in the white space of the prints. Included are their actual physical objects, memorabilia and artist books.  At the Opening & Reception, the exhibition poets, (including former Poet Laureates Paulann Petersen and Kim Stafford, and Lex Runciman and Andrea Hollander), will read their poems inspired by their special objects, Sat. July 18, Reception from 2 -4 PM; Poetry Reading 3PM