BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1958@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170225T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170225T200000 DTSTAMP:20170220T145831Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/open-eye-gallery-inspiration-pro cess-outcomes/ SUMMARY:Open Eye Gallery: Open Eye Gallery: Inspiration\, Process and Outco mes DESCRIPTION:INSPIRATION\, PROCESS AND OUTCOMES\nSaturday 25 February / 6pm- 8pm / Free / Booking Required\n\nA poetry reading and workshop.\n\nPoets M aria Isakova Bennett and Michael Brown will discuss the development of new work inspired by our exhibition\, North: Identity\, Photography\, Fashion .\n\nThey will read their poetry created after viewing the exhibition\, di scuss their own processes of redrafting work\, and run a workshop in which participants will produce their own writing (poetry\, prose poetry\, or p rose) from guided prompts. The event will conclude with a short discussion of participants’ experiences of writing during the session\, followed b y a final reading by Maria and Michael.\n\nThe event is suitable for both beginners and more experienced writers\, and for artists with an interest in collaboration between photography and text.\n\nThe event is free\, howe ver booking is required.Reserve your place at Open Eye Gallery\, call +44 (0)151 236 6768 or email info@openeye.org.uk\n\n \;\n\nMaria Isakova B ennett\n\nMaria lives and works in Liverpool. She has an MA in Creative Wr iting from Lancaster University\, and postgraduate qualifications in Fine Art and Art History.\n\nMaria has been widely published\, wrote and perfor med The Ferry on the Mersey in partnership with the BBC\, as their Merseys ide poet for the 2016 National Poetry Day festival (http://www.bbc.co.uk/p rogrammes/p04b4cv5)\, and has been shortlisted and placed in several Inter national Competitions including Bridport\, Wigtown\, Cinnamon Prizes\, and Mslexia. She was awarded first prize in the Ver Open Poetry Award judged by Clare Pollard.\n\nMaria collaborates with poet Michael Brown on project s in galleries on Merseyside\, and works alongside poet Pauline Rowe on cr eative writing projects as part of Mersey Care.\n\nWebsite: http://www.mar iaisakova.com\n\nMichael Brown\n\nMichael’s work has been published wide ly including The Rialto\, Butchers Dog\, Lighthouse Journal\, Other Poetry \, Crannog\, The Moth\, South Bank Poetry\, Envoi\, The North\, Brittle St ar\, New Walk and The Interpreter’s House. He was shortlisted for the Ba re Fiction Collection prize Judged by Andrew McMillan in 2015. In 2014 he won the Untold London Competition with his poem\, From Hungerford Bridge\, Looking East. He was placed third in the York Poetry Prize\, 2015\, with the poem Water Lilies and he recently collaborated with the Liverpool poet Maria Isakova Bennett on projects in galleries on Merseyside. He has two pamphlets: Undersong (Eyewear\, 2014)\, and Locations for a Soul (Templar\ , 2016). Michael is currently working towards a first collection. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2017/02/Process-Inspirations-Outcomes.jpeg LOCATION:Open Eye Gallery\, Mann Island\, Liverpool Waterfront\, Liverpool\ , L3 1BP\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.40423;-2.994412 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Mann Island\, Liverpool Wat erfront\, Liverpool\, L3 1BP\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=1 00;X-TITLE=Open Eye Gallery:geo:53.40423,-2.994412 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20161030T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR