Water Response (ability): Poets & Artists Respond to the Beauty & Decline of Water & Ice
Schedule
Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Open Space 510 Fort Street, Victoria, BC | Victoria, BC
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On the weekend of World Poetry Day (March 21) and World Water Day (March 22) Yvonne Blomer and Open Space Gallery will pull you into a new revolution, where language and metaphor are the vessels from which we celebrate and engage with water: sweet, oceanic and frozen, to deepen our understanding and enact our activism for the future of our most precious life-giving source, water. Saturday March 21 Gallery hours from 12-5
Launch from 5:30-9
12-9 - Exhibit of visual art, videos and knowledge displays
12:30-2 – Ekphrastic poetry and collage workshops
12-5 – CRD Table “A Drop of Water”
5:30 evening event begins: public coming to attend the reading can come early to view the art and videos and interact with the books and collage table
7:00 launch of Sublime: Poems for Vanishing Ice
Yvonne opens the evening reading and performance. Poets will read dispersed by performance art by Grace Salez, Judie Price, Jane Story
9:00 event ends.
Sunday March 22 Gallery from 12-5
12-5 - Exhibit of visual art, videos and knowledge displays
12:30-2 – Ekphrastic poetry and collage workshops
12-5 – CRD Table “A Drop of Water”
3-4:30 – Second reading with questions from audience
4:30-5 – mingle, chat, vide videos and art Auction of Cover Art posters
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Where is it happening?
Open Space 510 Fort Street, Victoria, BC, CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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