Dear Human: Poetry Reading with Lisa Kerr

"you aren't my subject yet, not the theme.

With each revision, I being: This is the story of--

 

Backspace, type: Our story begins

with the hero arrived and departed."

 

-Lisa Kerr, an excerpt from Dear Human Figure in Reynier Llanes' Letters from Home.

 

Join Visiting Artist Limited Lisa Kerr, our first resident poet, this Saturday morning at 10:30 as she explores the poetic gaze through her project "Dear Human." Performing poems penned during her time at the Gibbes, Lisa has been connecting with works of art in a new way. When we connect meaningfully with other humans, we improve our health. 

 

Other participating poets include: Eunice Cho, Denzil Coleman, John DiNolfo, Isabelle Doan, R.J. Lambert, Tanjanika Shivers. 

 

Lisa Kerr, PhD, MFA is the director of MUSC’s Office of Humanities. This program is part of our ongoing Art of Healing series that explores connections between health, wellness, healing, and art.