Art and Poetry Workshop: Led by Hammonds and West

Deepen your sense of place, attention, and imagination.

THE PRESENTERS

Hammonds + West
Artist Hollis Hammonds and poet Sasha West form the collaborative team Hammonds + West, whose works explore themes surrounding climate change and environmental degradation through multi-modal exhibits and public engagements. Their multi-media installations have been exhibited at galleries including Beeler Gallery Columbus College of Art & Design, Wright Gallery Texas A & M University, Central gallery of the Austin Public Library, and at ArtPrize 2023. Both artists live and work in Austin, TX. Read more about the artists and their exhibition on view!

THE WORKSHOP

Hammonds + West will lead a fun, interactive workshop in The Grace Museum’s Main Gallery for interested participants on July 18, 2025! This workshop is meant to support individual reflection on their current exhibition The Great Turning: We Gather, We Grow, We Tend, beginning with an exercise that reveals the deep time in the world around us—even in everyday objects. Hammonds + West will invite you into ways of using drawing or poetry to attend to the natural world around us. You will explore the connections between yourself and nature in your daily life. Then, you will imagine the stories and images of the next version of the world you would like to enter. Both Hammonds + West will provide generative, engaging prompts as jumping off points, and you can choose whether to use drawing, writing, or some combination to respond.

No art or writing experience necessary.