Tag: poetry
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A poetic job application
This autumn, our poet-in-residence at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art is Sarah Crutwell. This is our fourth residency at MIMA, and it was the hardest yet to between talented and passionate applicants. With a brief to respond to the Towards New Worlds exhibition of art by disabled and neurodiverse visual artists, it was clear that…
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Digital Eves
We’re a bit worried about AI. We’re a bit excited by AI. We’re a bit intrigued by AI. We’re a bit addicted to AI?
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Writing Resistance
It’s been a turbulent time for so many communities this summer as rioting spread from the Southport tragedy, and Teesside was targeted as an early flashpoint. After checking in with individuals in our TWP family who we knew to be particularly vulnerable, we were left with that frantic feeling inside – what can we do?…
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Crowdsourced Creativity #2
Back in June we held a special in-person edition of TWOOMPH! (the open mic with OOMPH!) at Hartlepool Hub, as part of Crossing the Tees book festival. We always have shenanigans of some kind at TWOOMPH!s, and this time we rather cheekily nicked a poem format from the brilliant King Ink (James Whitman & Helen…
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Crowdsourced Creativity
You may have seen some of our recent socials from Love Local festival at the National Trust’s Ormesby Hall in Middlesbrough. We had a lush time, sending a team of four poets to chat with the public and collect their thoughts and impressions into some communal poems. It’s all part of training some of our…
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Pride is for always
We’re nearly at the end of Pride Month, but our commitment doesn’t end. Our latest podcast is a taste of episodes to come in Redcar, and in it we platform a lot of queer voices and explore lots of gender identify issues with the young people of the Blooming Youth collective. Growing Up A Girl……
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Boot Camp is Back!
We’re fizzing with excitement to let you know that APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN for Spoken Word Boot Camp 2024! Read more about the SWBC here. Such a positive, powerful experience. I have gone from ‘reading’ my poems to ‘performing’ them, finally! Up to 12 women poets aged 18 + will be chosen to form a…
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Pottery Poetry
Up on the top floor of MIMA, there is a shiny white room full of display archive cabinets, where a gorgeous collection of contemporary ceramics sit quietly behind glass. Delicate, paper-thin bowls and substantial stoneware vases, crazy spouts and glazed sculptures – and a flat screen spinning images of the wonderful vessels you can see,…
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Scum!! The voices of Thriving Women
International Women’s Day is here again, and with that comes the myriad voices of women across the world, shouting out their experiences, their opinions, and their visions for a more equitable future. We’re so proud to showcase the work of the Thriving Women collective again today, with a brand-new collective poem and film-poem called ‘Scum’.…
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Behind the scenes at a bookshop residency…
Stockton was buzzing, or maybe growling, about Home Secretary James Cleverley MP, and his very public comment about Stockton being a sh*thole.
Tees Women Poets 