Place of Mind
Poems by Richard Blanco / Paintings and works on paper by John Bailly,
exhibition curated by Denise Delgado
catalogue with essay by Melanie Almeder
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Melanie Almeder was raised in Atlanta, Georgia and southern Maine. Her first book, On Dream Street (March 2007), won the editor's prize from Tupelo Press. Her poems have appeared in a range of journals, including Poetry, Five Points, The Georgia Review, The Seneca Review, and The Courtland Review. In recent years she has done collaborative projects with visual artists in France, Ireland, Finland, and Minnesota.
Richard Blanco was "made in Cuba, assembled in Spain, and imported to the United States," where he was raised in Miami. A builder of bridges and poems, Blanco earned a BS in Civil Engineering and an MFA in Creative Writing from Florida International University. His acclaimed first book of poetry, City of a Hundred Fires, explores the negotiation of cultural identity as a Cuban-American. His second book, Directions to the Beach of the Dead, continues to explore themes of home, place, and identity.
John Bailly was born in Slough, United Kingdom in 1968 of a French father and American mother. He was raised in Paris, Aix-les-Bains, Long Island, Lyon, and Miami. He earned a Master of Fine Arts from Yale school of Art in 1993. His work has been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout Florida. Based in Miami, he is Fellow of The Honors College at Florida International University. He was recently awarded the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship and a State of Florida Individual Artist Grant. Learn More Exhibition details and calendar of events Richard Blanco *** Place of Mind *** John Bailly
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