VESSELS: A Poetry Reading Series -- featuring Angelique Palmer

Hosted at the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington in the Tiffany Gallery, Vessels features established poets, who will share their work through reading and performance. Refreshments and time for Q&A to follow.

In March, the feature poet is --a performance poet, Kindergarten Teacher, and Spoken Word instructor at Wilkes University. She is in her first year of a three-year tenure as Fairfax County Poet Laureate.

Poetry readings enrich the museum experience by connecting visual and literary arts, and offering a space for poets, like visual artists, to reach an audience and share their work. FREE to attend.

ABOUT:  is a performance poet, Kindergarten Teacher, and Spoken Word

instructor at Wilkes University. She is in her first year of a three-year tenure as Fairfax

County Poet Laureate. A finalist in the 2015 Women of the World Poetry Slam, she’s

currently ranked 19 th  among the top 96 competitive poets in the world. After 10 self-

published chapbooks, her first full length book, THE CHAMBERMAID’S STYLE GUIDE,

debuted on Sargent Press in 2016. Her second book is the 2021 follow-up ALSO DARK

on Etruscan Press. The New Orleans native, and Florida State University Creative

Writing graduate has called Fairfax County home since 2017.

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