UPCOMING: Subverted Fairies at The Wolf House!
Come to the Wolf House to hear and see a preview of the writing and art of The Subverted Fairy Project! We’ll feature our artwork on display throughout the fairytale dreamscape of the Wolf House interior and our writers will be reading selections from our forthcoming book. This is a fantastic opportunity to get a…
Subverted Fairies at Bosso Poetry!
Last Thursday, The Subverted Fairy Project did it’s first public reading and showing of artwork at Dusty’s Bar in NE Minneapolis with the Bosso Poetry Company. We made a video to show everyone how it went, and to show off Venus DeMars’s leather pants! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76qWjWONHjo
Collaged Fairies!
Last Sunday, EJ, Van, Mike, and Sloane gathered at Open Book in Minneapolis to chop up magazines, drawings, etc to make collaged fairies. Thanks so much to Rob McKenna for snapping some shots of us at work!
Ramper
Here is the fairy Ramper, whose name means “raised pathway through muddy ground” in Fenland. Artwork by Van Thong. Poem by Michael A. O’Leary Jr. Read by Michael O’Leary. https://youtu.be/L5LfuWu_xqI
Lathed Fairies!
Last Sunday, EJ Thompson, Van Thong, and Michael O’Leary went to Mike Brown’s lathe workshop in South St Paul to turn wood, which will be used to construct three dimensional pieces for The Subverted Fairy Project! Thanks, Mike, for helping EJ and Van learn how to turn wood!
Woodblock Fairies in the Making!
Last Sunday some of the Subverted Fairy Artists got together to carve woodblock fairies! Here are a few shots of EJ, Van, Christina, Vu, and Mike hard at work. We used some untraditional methods during the process, including an apple press Mike keeps in his garage. Thanks so much to Rob McKenna for taking the…
Nurped
This fairy’s name means “frozen” in Herefordshire. Image by Margaret Taylor. Poem by Jessica Walsh. Read by Michael A. O’Leary Jr. https://youtu.be/xGnYCRUT5qk
Carraig
Rugged rock with stones jutting from it (Gaelic) Art: EJ Thompson Writing: Michael A. O’Leary Jr. He has fractures that crawl along the surface of his stone feathersThe rain trickles into them, tiny riversfinding their way into all his secret places, washingout the grime of bird feces, cleaningmottled crevices filled with decay and lichens He…
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