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**ANNOUNCEMENT**


I am thrilled to share that my first collection of poems, Remedies for Chiron, is being published and released this Spring through Radiant Press!

Emerging on Spring 2023

Available for order whereever you buy books, including your local independant shop!
(also through the larger online chains named after sacred rainforests and the colour blue ;)
[audiobook will emerge shortly after!]

My launch for this beauty was held virtually on May 6th, presented by McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg and hosted graciously by my editor and mentor Suzette Mayr. click here to watch!

Image Description [above]: Book cover for Remedies for Chiron by m. patchwork monoceros. Dark purple, pink, & red galaxy background underlays an abstract embroidered motif in the center. The title is above and author’s name below the center. The text is off-white and has a light, illuminated glow bordering each letter.

 

Qrip Shielders Solstice Salon
epic thanks to my comrade San Alland for inviting me and new qripkin Karl Knights, Maria Quinn and DL Williams. click through to their YouTube page for more footage from the event and their other amazing offers.

Feature poet m. patchwork monoceros at Qrip Shielders Solstice Salon. Online, 21 December, 2022.

m. patchwork monoceros is a Black poet and interdisciplinary artist of Jamaican Taino and Arawak heritage exploring polysensory production and somatic grief through text, textile and film. Their work considers a collective qrip consciousness by connecting to marvelous bodies living with complexity as sick or disabled. http://melanniemonoceros.com

CREDITS:

Organiser & host: San Alland.

Technical Assistant: Matson Lawrence.

BSL Interpreters: Lynne Bateman and Max Marchewicz.

Live captioner: Marion Dawson.

Video captioner and voice-over: San Alland.

Thanks to Eric Karoulla & Solidarity to all qrip shielders who attended (and everywhere).

Qrip Shielders Salon is supported by Cachín Cachán Cachunga! Scotland. http://www.blissfultimes.ca/cachin

This video documents a panel discussion that took place on February 4, 2020 in conjunction with Gallery 1C03’s exhibition “Yearning for Comfort, Not Cure” (January 9 – February 8, 2020), an exhibition curated by Adele Ruhdorfer. Panel speakers are exhibiting artists Yvette Cenerini, Bram Keast, melannie monoceros and Jesse Turner.

Image Description: landing page on MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art) website featuring the Critical Discussion section. The banner image is a black and white portrait of mel wearing round tortoiseshell glasses and a dark coloured baseball hat. Text reads: Critical Discussion. [photo of monoceros by Mahlet Cuff]. Critical Writing: Art and Accessibility Amidst A Pandemic by melannie monoceros. Spring 2021 MAWA Newsletter. please click here for the article.

Image Description: landing page on MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art) website featuring the Critical Discussion section. The banner image is a black and white portrait of mel wearing round tortoiseshell glasses and a dark coloured baseball hat. Text reads: Critical Discussion. [photo of monoceros by Mahlet Cuff]. Critical Writing: Art and Accessibility Amidst A Pandemic by melannie monoceros. Spring 2021 MAWA Newsletter.

please click here for the article.

Image Description: Still from a n c e s t o r a d i o - tuning the ocean , 16mm, 2016. Teal and green spots, dots, and background. Across the frame stretches a large, rounded, emerald green amoeba-like shape.