The Red Barn Studio Museum is excited to welcome Traci Brimhall as the Artist-in-Residence from August 9-22.

Brimhall is a poet living and working in Manhattan. She is the current Poet Laureate of Kansas and teaches creative writing at Kansas State University. Traci is the author of five collections of poetry and a forthcoming essay collection. Her poetry has been called “unrelenting, incisive, and tender.”

Patient History, her current project, explores the intersection between disability and ecopoetics, offers a unique perspective that blends the two. As part of her creative process, Brimhall has also been exploring the book arts as a way to connect physical, literary, and visual modes of creation. Brimhall carries these small books with her in hopes of meeting inspiration while on the move and in nature. These pocket-sized objects help her combine the physical process of walking with the physical process of writing.

As part of her work as the Kansas Poet Laureate, Brimhall has sought to “bring the nourishment of language to all Kansans,” an endeavor that continues during her residency. On August 12, 5:30-7:30pm, Brimhall will lead a book arts workshop and teach everyone how to make a small pocket journal they can have with them for the poetry walk. Traci will lead a walk and write session in Riverside Park where participants will walk trails and pause to read poems and write lines. Register for Brimhall's Slow Poetry: A Book Arts + Writing Workshop by clicking on this link (checkout.square.site/merchant/P73XJV...78/checkout/GNV4FQLY4TDTJFKAMHVK36HS).

The Red Barn Studio Museum is located at 212 S. Main Street. The museum is open Tuesday-Friday, 10:00am-5:00pm and Saturday-Sunday, 1:00-5:00pm. For more information, contact the Red Barn Studio Museum at 785-227-2217.

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