Part poetry book, part coffee table art book, part spell book, It Is Always A Circle dives deep into the cycles that make up human experience. The poems track the reader’s journey from death into life, from despair into hope. Each page is filled with original linocuts, drawings, musings, and poems. Join us for a special reading from Aleah Black, with books available for sale and for signing. Don’t miss this evening of creative wisdom, inspiration, and spirit and your chance to hear from a singular voice in today’s artistic landscape!
Aleah Black is an interdisciplinary artist and educator. They create poetry and puppets, songs and stories, and a general ruckus. Aleah released a book of poetry and art in 2024 entitled It Is Always a Circle. Aleah’s most recent play, Thicket, premiered in New York City, April 2023. Thicket is a large-scale puppet play that includes tabletop puppetry, mask work, paper mache giants, and a full band. Aleah’s past playwriting/directing efforts include multiple full length plays (including How to Eat the Thing That Eats You at Dixon Place) as well as multiple puppet pageant scripts that are now used by school communities around the country. Aleah organizes large scale community actions; they host open to the public song circles and chant spaces in New York City. They run the online account “Gendersauce” for an audience of over a quarter of a million followers; Gendersauce is a meme page that fuses poetry, education, and tomfoolery. Aleah’s is a Social & Emotional Learning teacher for children and adults alike. They have created liberatory curriculum for several Waldorf Schools in the USA and have a consulting practice for schools that are working to create arts, theater, music, or SEL curriculum. Aleah was a puppet apprentice to Amy Trompetter of Redwing Blackbird Theater. They currently live and teach in Lenapehoking/Brooklyn, NY.
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