Surrey Muse Gathering – Saturday March 25 / 2023

123rd Gathering

Featured Artists

Author Daniel G. Scott
Poet Daniela Elza
Artist Tamar Haytayan
Emerging Writer K.R. Byggdin
Emerging Poet Carol Neuman
Featured Art by Ann Lovell
Host Michael Stark

Saturday, March 25, 2023
1:00 – 4:00 PM (PT)
Room 418, City Centre branch, Surrey Libraries
10350 University Drive, Surrey BC V3T 4B8
Phone: (604) 598-7426

Open Mic submissions
Arrive 5 minutes before the event and sign up
Submission guidelines

Free & Wheelchair Accessible
Masks Recommended
Donations welcome

Updates will be posted here
Program
Videos will be posted here
youtube.com/@surreymuse

More about the gatherings
Gatherings

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Support other 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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Surrey Muse Gathering – Saturday February 25 / 2023

122nd Gathering

Featured Artists

Author Dorothy Palmer
Poet Manolis Aligizakis
Artist Kenzie Housego
Emerging Writer Diary Marif
Emerging Poet Hya Sheikh
Featured Art by Henrietta Hall
Host Michael Stark

Saturday, February 25, 2023
1:00 – 4:00 PM (PT)
Room 402, City Centre branch, Surrey Libraries
10350 University Drive, Surrey BC V3T 4B8
Phone: (604) 598-7426

Open Mic submissions
Arrive 5 minutes before the event and sign up
Submission guidelines

Free & Wheelchair Accessible
Masks Recommended
Donations welcome

Updates will be posted here
Program
Videos will be posted here
youtube.com/@surreymuse

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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City of Surrey recognizes Surrey Muse Coordinator & Cofounder for excellence in Literary Arts

Fauzia Rafique, the coordinator and a cofounder of Surrey Muse Arts Society (SMAS), has received the City of Surrey’s Arts & Heritage Literary Arts Award in recognition of her work in the areas of creative writing and arts organizing. View the document containing the following information, and a complete list of award recipients. CivicDistinctionAwardRecipients.pdf

Fauzia’s statement

‘It is an honour for me to be selected for the City of Surrey’s Arts & Heritage Literary Arts Award.

‘Working for Surrey Muse Arts Society, a non-profit mandated to encourage inclusivity, representation, voice and equality in the arts community, forms a direct organic link to my writing practice as my novels and poems explore similar themes. It works well together, my creative writing process is more instinctive while organizing efforts use intellectual and cerebral energy.

‘I receive this award on behalf of over 300 authors and artists who have graced us since November 2011; Literary Advisers Joanne Arnott, Manolis Aligizakis, Nefertiti SheLa Morrison; Volunteers Helga Parekh, David Macilwain, and, of course, Surrey Muse co-Founders and Directors Mariam Zohra D, Sana Janjua, Randeep Purewall, and myself.

‘Our gratitude to Susan Crean and Jordan Strom for their ongoing support, and, to our peers at Surrey Libraries, Surrey Art Gallery and the City’s Cultural Grants section.’

Surrey Muse Arts Society (SMAS) congratulates all award recipients.


We are mentioned 41 minutes into it.

Visit Fauzia’s web page:
gandholi.wordpress.com

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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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Follow Surrey Muse on Instagram – with Vila Skyspeaks

YES! Surrey Muse has an Instagram account!
(Wow! 7 Followers already.)

If you are a writer, poet, painter, dancer, musician, filmmaker- or practice any other art form- we would like to extend our support to you on Instagram.

Surrey Muse is an interdisciplinary art and literature presentation stage offering monthly gatherings since 2011 that feature works of authors, poets, artists, and across genre open mic presenters. The IRL gatherings were held at the City Centre branch of Surrey Libraries till March of this year when we went virtual on YouTube.

The Instagram account is managed by Vila Skyspeaks for Surrey Muse Arts Society (SMAS).

Vila is a poet, truth seeker, community leader, arts organizer, and, a mama who has just joined us both as a Social Media Lead and as the Fundraising Coordinator. Please welcome with us, our newest member, Vila Skyspeaks.

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Women Who Named the Unnamed

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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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Bill Arnott – Surrey Muse

Bill Arnott is an author, poet and songwriter based in Vancouver where he has produced a collection of his songs as an Indie Folk CD titled Studio 6. His poetry and prose have appeared in various countries, and he performs across Canada and overseas. Bill has published Gone Viking: A Travel Saga, Dromomania and Wonderful Magical Words, and he presents Bill’s Artist Showcase on regular basis. Bill is the recipient of a 2019 poetry prize from Pandora’s Collective, a national qualifier citation from the RYGA songwriting challenge, and he is a finalist for the Whistler Independent Book Awards with his travelogue Gone Viking: A Travel Saga.

Visit Bill’s Amazon page
amazon.com/Bill-Arnott
Follow on Twitter
@billarnott_aps
Contact Bill Arnott
billyarnott@hotmail.com

At the October 25 gathering of Surrey Muse, Bill will be the Featured Performer. More information about the event is here: october-25-gathering

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Women Who Named the Unnamed

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

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