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Book Launch & Poetry Workshop with Marilyn A. Donato & Maggie Hazen
Sunday, April 21 12pm - 2pm
Border Patrol is pleased to welcome Marilynn Donato and Maggie Hazen, artist members of The Columbia Collective.
Since the summer of 2023, Border Patrol has been working with Maggie and Marilynn on designing and publishing Marilynn's first collection of poetry, She / Rose. Penned before and after Marilynn's experience inside of the New York State Columbia Secure Center for Girls, the poems chronicle the artist's struggles and triumphs. On Saturday, April 21st, Maggie will moderate a conversation with Marilynn before Marilynn will read a selection of poems. Following the reading, Marilynn will lead audience members in a paint chip poetry workshop where participants will be given a prompt and will have to formulate a response based on the paint chip colors that they selected. The resulting poems will be printed using materials in the gallery, and participants will be able to take them home. About Marilynn Donato Artist & writer M.A. Donato was born in Charolette, North Carolina in 2004. At age 19, she has already been through more the average young adult. At 13 she was placed in the Juvenile Justice System & remained in New York State custody for 3 years. Growing up she moved from place to place, the same thing applied to her time as she moved through five different detention centers. In May 2020 she was finally released. Since then her life has been a struggle, but she eventually graduated high school & picked up a new armature profession as a tattoo artist. During her time in juvenile detention, she used art & writing as a way to cope and to survive. “She/Rose” is not just poetry to her, it is her own thoughts & feelings. A journal she kept at one of the lowest points in her life. Personal struggles with mental health issues & body image have had a big impact on her life. This book has not only been a way for her to cope but is a way to show others that they are not alone. About Maggie Hazen Maggie Hazen is New York-based visual artist, activist, and experimental filmmaker. Her work has been exhibited, screened, and performed at the Bronx Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Tolerance, CICA Museum, South Korea, Granoff Center at Brown University, Pulse Miami Beach as part of Pulse Play, The Boston Young Contemporaries exhibition, and the Center for Photography at the University of California Riverside as part of Southern California’s Pacific Standard Time; among others. Current projects in her ongoing series of work The Legends of Spook Rock have evolved through personal collaboration with incarcerated individuals in New York State at the Columbia Secure Center for Girls, the Brookwood Secure Center for Youth, and the Shawangunk Correctional Facility which amplify the experiences of carceral space, aiming to address, disarm, and dismantle the complex dynamics in our systems of punitive power. In 2020 Hazen founded the Columbia Collective, an exhibiting group of emerging female/trans incarcerated and formerly incarcerated artists dedicated to exercising their gifts of creative freedom. She has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, NYU, The Stevens Institute of Technology, The Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, and as part of the Bard College Clemente courses in the humanities. She is a visiting artist-in-residence at Bard College in the Studio Arts program. She has studied at Brown University, MIT, and the European Graduate School. She holds a BFA from Biola University in California and an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. About the Columbia Collective The Columbia Collective members are young female/trans artists who are currently or were formerly incarcerated. Each artist in the Collective uses a chosen pen name to abide by state confidentiality rules: Juste-a, Jay, Marshmallow, Marilynn, Rory Rei, and Toni. Together, the Columbia Collective channels creativity as a form of agency, humor as insurgence, and joy as resistance to imagine alternative togetherness. |
Book Launch, Conversation, & Poetry Workshop
Sunday, April 21st 12:00pm - 2:00pm Join us in celebrating Marilynn's debut poetry collection! This artist and author will be in Bakersfield on Sunday, April 21st to discuss her publishing journey with Columbia Collective member and fellow artist, Maggie Hazen. After the conversation, Marilynn will read a selection of poems from her new book and will lead a group of ten participants in a hands-on paint chip poetry workshop. During the workshop, participants will draw a prompt card and a handful of paint chips. Then, each person will rearrange the paint chips to create a poem using the color names that respond to the prompt. The results can vary from funny to profound, and guests will be able to print a version of their poem. Due to our limited seating, only ten spaces are available. To RSVP please email us!
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Pop-Up Book Store
Saturday, April 6 - Saturday, May 11, 2024
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Border Patrol is pleased to announce a pop-up bookstore featuring poetry, prose, and other printed ephemera made in collaboration with artists from across the country. With a particular focus on artists and authors impacted by the carceral system, Border Patrol's month-long bookstore installation will feature readings and releases, moderated conversations with authors, facilitated workshops with activists, and other hands-on public engagement events that are free and open to the public. Please continue to check our website as more offerings are confirmed on our schedule of events.
To celebrate, we are hosting an open call for artists ages 18 or younger living in the United States to contribute works to our Brundage Swap Meet Coloring Book. For more details on how to submit, including frequently asked questions, please visit our Open Call page. All our texts will be available for sale at our gallery located in spaces K3 - K5 at the Brundage Swap Meet. Can't make it in person to pick up a copy of your favorite title? Be sure to keep an eye on our Instagram stories where flash sales will be announced, or email us for more details. Border Patrol is open
Tuesday - Friday 11:00am - 5:00pm and by appointment |
Book Design by Julia Hassard
Schedule of Events
Book Store Opening
Saturday, April 6
3:00pm - 6:00pm
Join us in celebrating the launch of our book store! Refreshments and light snacks will be served. The remaining free copies of olivier's limited edition book, Meaning no metaphor for Nothing, will be available. Created during their residency with Border Patrol, only 33 copies were produced, so hurry before they run out!
Saturday, April 6
3:00pm - 6:00pm
Join us in celebrating the launch of our book store! Refreshments and light snacks will be served. The remaining free copies of olivier's limited edition book, Meaning no metaphor for Nothing, will be available. Created during their residency with Border Patrol, only 33 copies were produced, so hurry before they run out!
Orion Camero Residency
April 10 - April 15
Stockton-based artist, activist, and author Orion Camero will be in residence with Border Patrol from April 10 through April 15. They will present a three-day workshop exploring the relationship between storytelling, somatic bodywork and ancestral narratives. More details including times and dates are expected to be announced in the coming days.
April 10 - April 15
Stockton-based artist, activist, and author Orion Camero will be in residence with Border Patrol from April 10 through April 15. They will present a three-day workshop exploring the relationship between storytelling, somatic bodywork and ancestral narratives. More details including times and dates are expected to be announced in the coming days.
Marilynn Donato in conversation with Maggie Hazen
Sunday, April 21
12:00pm - 2:00pm
The Columbia Collective artists, Marilynn Donato and Maggie Hazen discuss Marilynn's first book, She / Rose, a collection of poems written before and after the author's stay in the New York State Columbia Secure Center for Girls. Maggie will moderate a conversation with the author before Marilynn reads poems from the collection. A writing workshop will follow where participants will craft poems with the author and use the gallery's materials to produce them on posters, tote bags, buttons, and more.
Sunday, April 21
12:00pm - 2:00pm
The Columbia Collective artists, Marilynn Donato and Maggie Hazen discuss Marilynn's first book, She / Rose, a collection of poems written before and after the author's stay in the New York State Columbia Secure Center for Girls. Maggie will moderate a conversation with the author before Marilynn reads poems from the collection. A writing workshop will follow where participants will craft poems with the author and use the gallery's materials to produce them on posters, tote bags, buttons, and more.
Brundage Swap Meet Coloring Book Launch
Friday, May 3
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Join us in celebrating the launch of the Brundage Swap Meet Coloring book! This book features a collection of artworks from artists ages 18 and younger from across the country. Read two ways, the book features completed drawings as well as original line drawings for others to color in. Bakersfield artist and educator, Lucia Guzman, will lead her art students as they present about their contributions during the reception. Refreshments and light snacks will be served.
Friday, May 3
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Join us in celebrating the launch of the Brundage Swap Meet Coloring book! This book features a collection of artworks from artists ages 18 and younger from across the country. Read two ways, the book features completed drawings as well as original line drawings for others to color in. Bakersfield artist and educator, Lucia Guzman, will lead her art students as they present about their contributions during the reception. Refreshments and light snacks will be served.
CLOSING RECEPTION FEATURING ARTISTS JULIA HASSARD & LUCIA GUZMAN
Saturday, May 11
12:00pm - 3:00pm
Our bookstore closes on Saturday, May 11th with two artist authors. Border Patrol Co-Director and Communication Designer, Julia Hassard will launch her book on experimental makeup design. In addition, Bakersfield artist and poet Lucia Guzman will read from her newest poetry book. Light refreshments will be served.
Saturday, May 11
12:00pm - 3:00pm
Our bookstore closes on Saturday, May 11th with two artist authors. Border Patrol Co-Director and Communication Designer, Julia Hassard will launch her book on experimental makeup design. In addition, Bakersfield artist and poet Lucia Guzman will read from her newest poetry book. Light refreshments will be served.
18th Street Arts Center California Creative Corps is a pilot program funded by the California Arts Council as an engagement campaign designed to increase public awareness about issues of public health, water and energy conservation, civic engagement, social justice, and more. This activity is funded by the California Arts Council, a state agency.