Surrey Muse Program – January-May 2023

Featured art by Shehan Madawela, Surrey Muse, April 2022

  Session 23
January-May 2023

January 28
Author Marian Dodds
Poet Kevin Spenst
Artist Omokanye Adetona
Emerging Musician Hayley Verrall
Emerging Writer Veronika Gorlova
Host Mariam Zohra D

February 25
Author Dorothy Palmer
Poet Manolis Aligizakis
Artist Kenzie Housego
Emerging Writer Diary Marif
Emerging Poet Hya Sheikh
Host Michael Stark

March 25
Author Cynthia Sharp
Poet Daniela Elza
Musician Tamar Haytayan
Emerging Poet Carol Neuman
Emerging Writer K.R. Byggdin
Host Sana Janjua

April 22
Author Anne Murphy
Poet Franz Seachel
Musician Myrtle Thomas
Emerging Writer Lucy E.M. Black
Emeging Poet Samantha Krilow
Host Michael Stark

May 27
Author Hasan Namir
Poet Wayde Compton
Musician Janel Rae
Emerging Poet Eimear Laffan
Emerging Artist Elyse Longair
Host Mariam Zohra D

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Updates to this program
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Surrey Muse program is put together twice a year, in Nov/Dec for January-May session, and in May/June for June-November session. Dates are chosen by the participants through an invitation. Participants are invited from a recommendations list that stays open throughout the year. To recommend authors, poets and artist/performers to be featured at Surrey Muse, please use the online recommendations form.

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Surrey Muse gatherings take place
on the unceded Coast Salish territories of
the Semiahmoo, Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Kwantlen,
Qayqayt, Tsawwassen, Musqueam,
Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

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Book Launch: ‘Exit Wounds’ by Tāriq Malik – Saturday October 22 / 2022

In-Person Event, Masks Recommended

‘Exit Wounds’ by Tāriq Malik

Readings by the Author Tāriq Malik
Message from the Publisher Caitlin Press
Hosted by  Sana Janjua
Poster Designed by Mariam Zohra D
Organizational Support by Jovian Radheshwar

Join us
Saturday, October 22, 2022
2:30 – 4:00 PM (PT)
City Centre Branch, Surrey Libraries
Dr. Ambedkar Room (#418)
10350 University Drive, V3T 4B8
Phone: (604) 598-7420
(Surrey Central skytrain)

Free event
Accessible
Donations welcome

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Surrey Muse gatherings take place
on the unceded Coast Salish territories of
the Semiahmoo, Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Kwantlen,
Qayqayt, Tsawwassen, Musqueam,
Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

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Call for Submissions: Norval Morrisseau Award for Visual Arts – Dateline August 15

Submit before midnight August 15, 2022
Send the images of 6-10 items of your original, unpublished, artworks (paintings, drawings, sketches, digital art, sculpture) in .jpg, .jpeg, or .gif format not exceeding 2mb. 
Short List: Top six entries
2nd and 3rd place Winners: Honourable Mention
First place Winner: $1000

Judge: Liz Toohey-Wiese
Jury Members: Heidi McKenzie & Mariam Zohra D

Liz Toohey-Wiese is primarily a landscape painter for the last decade, her artwork and research more recently has focused on the topic of wildfires in BC. She is a professor of Fine Arts at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, where she teaches drawing and painting.

Heidi McKenzie is a Toronto-based ceramic artist. In 2011 she received the Emerging Artist Award at Toronto Artists Project. Heidi has exhibited internationally, including in Romania, Hungary, Australia, Italy and USA. She received a 2017 and 2019 Craft Ontario Award.

Norval Morrisseau Award for Visual Arts is open to Canadian citizens, members of Indigenous nations, landed immigrants, permanent residents, refugee applicants, and international students in Canada.

We encourage people of colour, LGBTQ+, disabled, and financially challenged artists to participate.

View Eligibility Criteria and Submission Guidelines at the link below:
https://surreymuseawards.wordpress.com/visual-arts-award/

Surrey Muse Arts Society

surrey.muse@gmail.com

Surrey Muse Arts Society operates from the
unceded Coast Salish territories of
the Semiahmoo, Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Kwantlen,
Qayqayt, Tsawwassen, Musqueam,
Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

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Call for Submissions: Vera Manuel Award for Poetry – Dateline August 15

Submit before midnight August 15, 2022
Send 6-10-minute audio (.mp3) and/or video (.mp4) of your original unpublished music WITH the lyric sheets in PDF.
Short List: Top six entries
2nd and 3rd place Winners: Honourable Mention
First place Winner: $1000

Judge: Cecily Nicholson
Jury Members: Malcolm van Delst & Sana Janjua

Cecily Nicholson is the author of four books, and past recipient of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and the Governor General’s Literary Award for poetry. She has held the Ellen and Warren Tallman Writer in Residence at SFU (2017), and Writer in Residence at the University of Windsor (2021).

 

Malcolm van Delst is a poet, novelist and web developer who is passionate about writing. She founded and runs the Vancouver Writers Group and chairs the Surrey Library’s Guildford Writers Circle. She has an English Literature degree from McMaster University, she later taught at Emily Carr Institute. 

Vera Manuel Award for Poetry is open to Canadian citizens, members of Indigenous nations, landed immigrants, permanent residents, refugee applicants, and international students in Canada.

We encourage people of colour, LGBTQ+, disabled, and financially challenged poets to participate.

View Eligibility Criteria and Submission Guidelines at the link below:
https://surreymuseawards.wordpress.com/poetry-award/

Surrey Muse Arts Society

surrey.muse@gmail.com

Surrey Muse Arts Society operates from the
unceded Coast Salish territories of
the Semiahmoo, Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Kwantlen,
Qayqayt, Tsawwassen, Musqueam,
Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

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The 23rd Virtual Gathering of Surrey Muse – Friday March 25 / 2022

113th Gathering

Featured Artists
Author Don McLellan
Poet Lillian Allen
Musician Tawahum Bige
Open Mic Opener Sana Janjua
Just Released by Kashiana Singh
Featured Art by Gaelle Weissberg
Host Jovian Radheshwar

LIVE Watch Party
Friday, March 25, 2022
5:30 -7:00 PM (PT)
Join us at:
Surrey Muse Channel on YouTube

Open Mic submissions
Send 3-5 minute video/audio recordings via email by March 15th
Submission guidelines

Free event
Closed Captioned (cc)
Donations welcome

View previous program videos at
Surrey Muse YouTube channel

Updates will be posted here
Program
Videos will be posted here
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More about the gatherings
Gatherings

‘LIKE’ us on FB
facebook.com/pages/Surrey-Muse
FOLLOW on Twitter
@SurreyMuse
FOLLOW on Instagram
surreymuse.arts

Support SMAS Projects
Surrey Muse Art & Literature Awards
Surrey Muse At Large (SMAL)
Surrey Muse Writers
Women Who Named the Unnamed

Contact
surrey.muse@gmail.com

Surrey Muse gatherings take place
on the unceded Coast Salish territories of
the Semiahmoo, Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Kwantlen,
Qayqayt, Tsawwassen, Musqueam,
Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

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