An Evening of Art and Poetry: For the Love of Orcas

An Evening of Art and Poetry: For the Love of Orcas. RSVP Required

• Rachel Clark, author of "The Blackfish Prophecy." Rachel is a writer and biologist. She is on an all-out quest to convey the wonders of nature, while pointing out the serious problems of our very bad habit of dominating others and the Earth. She’s been a card-carrying science writer for twenty years.
• Kathleen Bryd, MFA. She is poet and writing teacher who resides in Olympia, Washington, within the territory and lands of the Coast Salish People. Her book of poems, Last Resort, was published by Last Word Press in spring of 2024. She is the fourth poet laureate of Olympia, where she engages the community with the literary arts connecting to themes of climate change and place.
• Jessica Gigot, PhD, MFA. She is a poet, farmer, and writing coach. She lives on a little sheep farm in the Skagit Valley. Her second book of poems, Feeding Hour (Wandering Aengus Press, 2020) was a finalist for the 2021 Washington State Book Award. Jessica’s writing and reviews appear in several publications, such as the New York Times, Seattle Times, Orion, Ecotone, Terrain.org, and Poetry Northwest.
• Audrey Sterud Miller, lives on the homelands of her people, the Puyallup Nation. A busy high school student, she spends her free time writing poetry and stories, acting in plays, and singing.
• Allen Braden, MFA. His poetry is published in The New Republic, Prairie Schooner, Virginia Quarterly Review, Shenandoah, Southern Review, and Georgia Review. He was poet-in-residence for the Poetry Center and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and now teaches at Tacoma Community College.
• Rabbi Seth Goldstein, serves Temple Beth Hatfiloh and the Jewish community of Olympia, Washington. He is both committed to creating vibrant Jewish community and using a spiritual voice and poetry to speak to issues of social justice and common concern.

Gabe Newton is an artist and Orca advocate. He grew up on the rim of Rock Creek Canyon, a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho and has now lived by the Salish Sea, home of the Southern Resident Orcas, for over 20 years.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Traditions Fair Trade, 300 5th Avenue Southwest, Olympia, United States