Poet
and installation artist Catherine Coan is onsite working on a new
collection of poetry in the residency office at the Marion Davies Guest
House, October 17 through December 19, 2018. Her public programs take
place Tuesdays, 10/30, 11/27 and 12/11/18. All are invited to chat with her
about her literary practice during her public office hours, which are 11am-2pm
on 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/14, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3, 12/10, and 12/17. Call
ahead to the Beach House to confirm availability at 310-458-4904.
Note: Catherine Coan is spending her
tenure at the Beach House writing and revising poetry. Coan's visual art, which
includes the practice of ethical taxidermy, is a part of her artistic
practice, and she discusses this work and its connection to her writing during
her first public event in October. However, Coan’s project as Beach House
Writer-in-Residence is solely concentrated on poetry and the art of
writing.
Artist's Statement on Ethical Taxidermy:
I practice ethical sourcing in my
taxidermy work. This means that I do not use animals who have been hunted or
killed for my work. I have relationships with breeders, farms, and others who
provide me with animals who’ve died of natural causes. I also sometimes
repurpose taxidermy which has already been completed. – Catherine Coan
Catherine
Coan is a poet, professor, and hybrid taxidermist living in Los
Angeles. Her poems have appeared in journals such as Poetry, Poetry
Northwest, the Seattle Review, and Terrain. Her first book of
poems, Aviation,
was published by Blue Begonia Press (Yakima, WA) in 2000. Catherine grew up in
Montana, went to school in the Pacific Northwest, and has lived in L.A. for
eighteen years. She is deeply interested in the wisdom and humor that can be
discovered at the intersections of the human and animal worlds, and her hybrid
taxidermy can be found at fine art galleries in Los Angeles and nationally. More
at catherinecoan.com
