2024
publications
[image description], Inkwell
st. marks, Hymn for the Living Poet
virgo, BULLSHIT LIT
sagittarius, BULLSHIT LIT
workshops
forthcoming
— (monthly) Third Saturdays ‘Yoga 4 Queer Bodies’ at Daya Bushwick Studios - movement, meditation. and art making, 6-8pm
past
—Sat Oct 19th 6:30-8pm ‘Yoga 4 Queer Bodies’ at Daya Bushwick Studios - movement, meditation. and art making
—Sun Sept 22nd 2:30pm ‘poetry as spellcasting - Autumn Equinox’ at Aberdeen Community Garden- co-lead Judelysse Gomez
—Sun June 23rd 12pm ‘poetry as spellcasting - Summer Solstice’ at Aberdeen Community Garden - co-lead Judyelysse Gomez
—Sun June 2nd 4pm ‘ambient flow’, yoga & creative writing workshop with live synth/sound bath at Baby Cobra Studios - co-lead Alzena Bell
—Sat March 16th ‘centering community & sustainability with writing safety rituals’ Manhattanville College - co-lead danilo machado
—Sat Feb 24th ‘embracing the frost’ [Virtual Workshop, Donation Based] w/ Greene Acres Community Garden - co-lead danilo machado
—Sat Jan 20th ‘roots of what you write’ [Virtual Workshop, Donation Based] w/ Aberdeen Community Garden - co-lead danilo machado
performances
past
—a canopy of trying, text and choreography in collaboration with Patrick Coker, work-in-progress preview, 8/24-25th Ailey on Ailey showcase
performed by Alvin Ailey Dance Company members and featuring a score by Michael Genese
readings
forthcoming
—Wed Nov 13th Sweet reading series, Providence, RI
past
—Sun July 21st 4pm Intimate Moments at Aberdeen Community Garden, BK
—Thurs August 1st 7pm exquisites ‘All Leo Summit’ at Art Cafe & Bar, BK
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grants/awards
Brooklyn Arts Council 2024 Grant for exquisites queer poetry reading, workshop, and publication series.
NYRP June & September Public Programs Grants for Aberdeen Community Garden’s Summer Solstice & Autumn Equinox festivals
Poets&Writers January, February, Sept Workshop Facilitator Grants
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exquisites: a queer reading, workshop, and publication series— co-presented with danilo machado
forthcoming
—Thur Dec 5th, 7pm First Thursday Reading location TBD
past
—Thur Nov 7th, 7pm exquisites volume IV anthology release reading at Brooklyn Art Haus
—Thur Oct 3rd, 7pm First Thursday Reading at Aberdeen Community Garden
—Thur Sept 5th, 7pm First Thursday Reading at Art Cafe & Bar
—Thur August 1st, 7pm First Thursday Reading at Art Cafe & Bar - Leo SZN special
—Sat & Sun July 13th & 14th, Poetryfest on Governors Island - tabling 7/13 & 14, reading 7/13 Blackbird Stage 4:30pm
—Thur July 4th, 7pm First Thursday Reading at Secret Garden - (un)american reading
—Thur June 6th, 7pm First Thursday Reading at Polly’s Cafe - PRIDE special
—Thur May 2nd, 7pm First Thursday Reading at Polly’s Cafe with Office Hours Poetry
—Sat April 20, ‘The Tortured Poets Department Store’ small press & makers market at Polly’s Cafe
—Thur April 4th, 7pm exquisites volume III anthology launch & reading at Dear Friend Books
—Thur March 4th, 7pm [virtual] First Thursday Reading, with Aberdeen and Greene Acres Community Gardens
—Thur Feb 4th, 7pm [virtual] First Thursday Reading, with Legacy
—Thur Jan 4th, 7pm [virtual] First Thursday Reading, with Hot Pink Magazine and Light Jacket Reading Series
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Yoga
Em is a seasonal yoga instructor at Aberdeen Community Garden and Marion Street Park June-Sept. From October-May they host monthly workshops at various yoga studios including Daya Yoga and Baby Cobra studios.
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waves;
On Friday March 1st, 26 creatives came together in community and curiosity responding to the prompt waves; a study in light, sound & movement. The evening consisted of a visualization mediation and poetry workshop led by Em Marie Kohl, accompanied by a synth ‘bath’ performed by Viola He. Following the workshop, a video compilation of 21 visual, text, and movement artists was screened while a live synth score by Ximena Bedoya, Buffy, Laenz, and riley wong was performed.
The video to the left functions as an archive of the evening’s screening & live performance, as well as, a stand alone artwork.
Visit here for full contributor details with time-stamps.
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Additional Roles
Brooklyn Art Haus, Grant Writing and Development
Aberdeen Community Garden, Co-Lead Community Programer (volunteer)
BK-ROT Advisory Board, Programs Advisor (volunteer)
35mm Film People & Places
![[image description] a friend sits in a garden swing, early summer makes its way through the above canopy of trees glittering light and shadow over their face and the cedar fence in the background.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e123839a717ec25c4d307a6/1721348594294-SYYA68P08XBREFI5X08L/alexis_swing.jpg)
![[image description] a friend enwraps themselves from head to torso in a yellow, light blue, red, and auburn blanket in camo baseball cap, their eyes a shadowed by the brim with a nose and mouth peaking underneath. Behind them a desolate winters b](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e123839a717ec25c4d307a6/1721348594424-NNUCJ8BRA9D9ZD5I6R5K/Frost_riiswinter.jpg)
![[image description] a friend from the shoulders up, in a black coat, with grey hoodie pulled over their 'New York, New York' baseball hat and sun glasses smiles at the camera. Behind them an out of focused companion, winter ocean, and blue sky.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e123839a717ec25c4d307a6/1721348601373-RXVLAQ0O6XNLTMVTQNQ4/ab_winterriis.jpg)
![[image description] a friend seated at a cafe in red windbreaker jacket, and navy blue cap, a piece of hair loose to the right side of their face. In the background a fence line in green ivy, a red brick Brooklyn building, and black front door.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e123839a717ec25c4d307a6/1721348601520-AIVNITPVDLTHA6QRFUFU/kat_coffee.jpg)
![[image description] soft focus of a friend seated inside a restaurant. they were gold hoops, and polished white stone necklace, in a black hoodie. they are attentive with pursed mouth, gazing at the camera. Behind them an out of focus olive green](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e123839a717ec25c4d307a6/1721348603486-XS9FLVJW7SP229JBKA7F/softfocus_imani.jpg)
![[image description] community gathers in a garden. four folks are in the middle of frame, one wears a Palestinian keffiyeh, sun glasses, green top, and black jeans. They are handing something to a friend in black t-shirt, pink glasses, and camel](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e123839a717ec25c4d307a6/1721348605775-CQUDN7G5K71TEZ1GNH12/aberdeen_summersolstice_2024.jpg)
![[image description] a friend in light blue collared shirt, with magenta ascot, wears orange classes and a faded purple hat with the word 'poems' on it. behind them the outcropping of a building, a flower bed with multicolored blooms, and a cedar](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e123839a717ec25c4d307a6/1721348605911-6CF4BNKY8VJDKRU9IMNS/danilo_poems.jpg)
![[image description] the winter ocean breaks against a stone and wood jetty that juts down the middle of frame to the horizon line, a ice blue sky meets the water at the horizon line and fills the remaining top quarter of the frame.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e123839a717ec25c4d307a6/1721348607545-PM2EJ56YKBTJGHAMWA0T/riis_winterwater.jpg)
![[image description] a friend smiles at the camera in a black denim tank dress, with keylime dog leash wrapped around herself. atop her head bright yellow sunglasses. Behind her in the middle ground a black fence-line, behind that the top of a bui](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e123839a717ec25c4d307a6/1721348695064-U4TU8D6T4FUS02AXL30T/jackie_spring_2024_2.jpg)
![[image description] a friend in a long sleeves collared shirt and dark rimmed glasses leans forward and wide grins at the camera. she is surrounded by garden green, and maple trees, a tan and white vinyl sided house peaks in the rear right of fra](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e123839a717ec25c4d307a6/1721348695089-IRQJ27JID5ZOCZJUO64R/judy_aberdeen_2.jpg)
![[image description] two friends comfortably beside each other smile towards the camera. on leans toward the camera in a black tree shirt and black glass frames. the over where a black and white graphic shift, two chain necklaces, with a lip and n](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e123839a717ec25c4d307a6/1721348749175-N3QH15QIVECVZZHMUINM/ayni_aberdeen.jpg)