Laundry List of Wishes

Laundry List of Wishes: An Art Installation Project with banners of poetry.
First installation Brattleboro


NAMAYA a poet/performance artist is presenting a fusion of Art and Word/ Poetry Design with his installation project "Laundry List of Wishes." This whimsical display of common laundry items (slips, pillow cases, etc.) serves as a medium for poems and word art celebrating Spring. These fabric art poems are designed and created by Namaya with the artist Jacqueline Perry. Namaya's new collection of poetry is a celebration of Vermont and its seasons "Blue Heron Pond: Love Song for the Earth."

Namaya said, "This installation project is part of our on-going work in creating banners of poetry with art, as well as larger scale projects that fuse the Word & Art. We currently sell banners & posters of poetry that help to raise money for Grace Cares a not for profit foundation that supports grass roots community development in Central and South America. My interest has always been to expand the notion of the word through multimedia performance that include dance, music, and art. This is the first stage in our production of VERMONT ART POETRY that serves as a market place for art, music, multimedia and poetry.
Banners can be ordered at www.vermontpoet.com

Namaya has been a performance artist for decades, beginning with the St. Mark’s and East Village poetry scene in the l970’s, featured at the Nuyorican Café and Bowery Poetry Club, and with international tours of Europe, Japan, Ireland, & New Zealand. He is the co-founder and lead performer with the Jazz Beat Blues Poetry Ensemble. He has been published in numerous magazines and has several collections of poetry to his credit: Eros to Godhead, GOD SEX POLITICS, & Blue Heron Pond. A new CD "Amerika Uber Alles" is scheduled for release in Fall 2007. His new play Beatnik Cafe a Musical Review of the Beat Generation premiered in August 2007.