Art Walk is an annual collaboration between Tower poets and local Carnegie Gallery artists as one of the many Arts Dundas festivities in early November. The Carnegie Gallery initiated this project in the early 1990s as a means of extending art and poetry into community life.
Tower poets (TPS members only) are invited to create poetry in response to the work of Carnegie Gallery member artists July 9 through August 21, 2024.
A Guided Tour of Art Walk pairings, followed by a Tower members’ Poetry Reading on the Carnegie Lower Level, are scheduled for Sunday, November 3rd (the final day of Arts Dundas celebrations).
Below are samples from ART Walk 2023, featuring the work of a first-time poet and 2 first-time artist participants in the event:
ARTWALK 2023, KimALVARADO & LynnMacINTYRE
Precarious Roots, by Kim Smart (Alvarado)
Inspired by Precarious (above), artist Lynn MacIntyre
ARTWALK 2023, NormanBROWN & BarryCOOMBS
Bronte Farm House, by Norman Brown
Inspired by Bronte Farmhouse (above), artist Barry Coombs
ARTWALK 2023, JimTOMKINS & NeilSHARPE
Inauspicious Arrow, by Jim Tomkins
Inspired by The Psychology of Hope (above), artist Neil Sharpe
Poetry and art copyright © the author and the artist, respectively.
To view numerous samples of ArtWalk poems and art from previous years, please visit http://towerpoetry.ca/poetryplus.