Dates: c.2020/1
Signatures: __________________________
Subjects Reproduced: selected names engraved in
with possible hearts +plus signs in private island
imported sand
/imported by the cities of
howling beach =artificial coral/ on the bone knife of my corona
ring of past with a sharp cut leaving a wedged scar
Former Unconfirmed Collections: yemaya tattoos in sun tan blue san francisco on lombard, her
green +white emblem
carried out in unamed famous café, calle ocho cafecito
next to the marked chickens= gallos in little havana afterwards
running chickens gallo escaped sacrifice
cayo hueso on duval bound
the artificial coral reef in north miami beach /coordinates left after possible shark
+ barracuda attack averted/
No.22, p.22
Prints Reproduced: emblazoned dogwood, traced split-bamboo, erased palmita palm
grand ring of past with a sharp cut leaving a wedged scar
Lenders/ Thieves:
Museum Mummification: albion institute of ultraviolet arts, golden medusa in her sun room,
mapache left his
mudprints by my doorstep collection/
where the church bells chime
a place where they come + haul
you in an assorted array
with varying us flags
bright oxidation
pick up truck parade
if you extend/ overstay
STELLA SANTAMARÍA was born in Los Angeles, daughter of a Cuban exile and Guatemalan immigrant. Santamaría holds an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Saint Mary’s College of California, and was recipient of the School of Liberal Arts Dean’s Award. Her poetry has been recently published in The Acentos Review, Nine Mile, Brooklyn Review, Juked, and The Rumpus, among others. Stella is the Sandra Cisneros Fellow at Under the Volcano 2021. Santamaría is an alumna of the Community of Writers (Virtual Valley) in the Olympic Valley.
LEAH OATES has a B.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design, an M.F.A. from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and is a Fulbright Fellow for study at Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. Oates has had solo shows in Toronto at Black Cat Artspace and in the NYC area at Susan Eley Fine Art, The Central Park Arsenal Gallery, The Center for Book Arts, Real Art Ways, The Brooklyn Public Library, and the MTA Arts and Design Lightbox Project. Oates was in group shows in Toronto at the Gladstone Hotel, John. Aird Gallery, Connections Gallery, Gallery 1313, Propeller Gallery, Wychwood Barns Community Gallery, Arta Gallery, and Papermill Gallery. Oates has been in numerous group shows in NYC at Wave Hill, Edward Hopper House, Chashama, WAH Center, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Denise Bibro Fine Art, Nurture Art Gallery, and The Pen and Brush Gallery.
