Catherine czacki
“start over spirit”

grandmother the seamstress
jars and buttons and things all over
organizing a spiritual practice
tin of licorice
sewing pins pinched between teeth
half a decade to arrange

the praying platypus
onion baggie
rescued chairs
chochliks
chaos glazes
corrugated division

empty planters
large pink marbles
browns
molten metal and milk

two years of mystery porridge survivals for dad
tumbleweeds
fires
the crow, a dog, some feet
dropping through that hole of grey space
blank wooden signs to the future
limitless group stutter of sound

cramped, yet full of life

art opening will feature a performance by the llano estacado monad band.

bio: Catherine Czacki is an artist, educator, writer and musician based in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Czacki’s poetry, essays, and academic writing have been published by Line Script Diary, Haunt Journal of Art at UC Irvine, Resolving Host and Interactions Journal of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. A full length book of Czacki’s poetry and images titled Creosote was published in 2019. Czacki’s art has been exhibited nationally and internationally at galleries and museums including Sculpture Center in Long Island City, JOAN in Los Angeles, Best Practice in San Diego, Prague Biennale and Museo Centro De Arte Pepe Espaliú, Córdoba, Spain. Czacki has attended various research and artistic residencies including Terra Foundation for American Art in Giverny, France and SOMA in Mexico City. Czacki plays with the Llano Estacado Monad Band, a collective of sound makers, artists and musicians.