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The Winter Poetry Issue: Rin Johnson

Taking place online and in Portland, the @homeschoolpdx reading series showcases makers/doers/thinkers who work in a slippage between art and poetry.

*See below for higher quality videos of Sarah and Devin.

Sarah Gail Armstrong is an artist in Los Angeles, CA.

Jasmine Gibson is a Philly jawn now living in Brooklyn and a soon to be psychotherapist for all your gooey psychotic episodes that match the bipolar flows of capital. She spends her time thinking about sexy things like psychosis, desire and freedom.

Rin Johnson is a sculptor and poet. Johnson has shown sculptures in many cities and read in a few too. Johnson is the author of two chapbooks, “Nobody Sleeps Better Than White People” from Inpatient Press and the forthcoming “Meet in the Corner” from Publishing House. Johnson lives in Brooklyn and has a dog named Mies van der Rohe.

Devin Kenny is an artist, musician, and curator working across several mediums. Hailing from the south side of Chicago, he relocated to New York to begin his studies at Cooper Union. He has since continued his practice through the Bruce High Quality Foundation University, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, SOMA Mexico, the Whitney ISP and performances at various art and music venues in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and internationally including: Het Roode Bioscoop, Biquini Wax, Artspace Auckland, REDCAT, MoMa PS1, Freak City, and Santos Party House. He received his MFA in 2013 from the New Genres department at UCLA and is an alum of the Whitney Independent Study Program.

On Hearing a White Man Co-opt the Body of Michael Brown by Rin Johnson