CHRISTY FERRATO OFF THE PAGE

Christy Ferrato’s work has been featured across the country in lectures, publications, poetry performances and exhibitions including the Lake Eden Arts Festival, the Taos Poetry Festival, the Re(dress) Poetry series in Los Angeles, the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, the Durango Arts Center, the Henderson Fine Arts Center, the Ray Drew Gallery, Fusion 708 Gallery, the Strata Gallery and the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

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Poet, artist, educator and performance artist, Christy explores the intersection of poetry with other art forms to consider how we might transcend our stained histories. Questions about social justice are integral to work that is responsive to historical omission and erasure, and gives voice to what has been lost in the shadows of silence. 

 

Ferrato received a BFA in printmaking from the University of Denver and an MFA in poetry from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Among her honors, she has twice been a featured poet at the Taos Poetry Festival, has received two Pushcart Prize nominations, and nominations for the Best New Poets of 2010, and the Willow Award.