Lighthouse Journal

Lighthouse‌ ‌Journal
C‌olloquy‌ ‌and‌ ‌clay‌ ‌organisms‌ ‌enmeshed‌ ‌with‌ ‌wire‌ ‌moss,‌ ‌resting‌ ‌on‌ ‌wood

Lighthouse‌ ‌Journal‌ ‌is‌ ‌a‌ ‌collaboration‌ ‌between‌ ‌Poet‌ ‌&‌ ‌Art-Science‌ ‌Scholar‌ ‌Hannah‌ ‌Star‌ ‌Rogers‌ ‌and‌ ‌Mixed‌ ‌Media‌ ‌Sculptor‌ ‌and‌ ‌Installation‌ ‌Artist‌ ‌Steffany‌ ‌Suze‌ ‌Boucher.‌ ‌ The‌ ‌Lighthouse‌ ‌Journal‌ ‌poem‌ ‌and‌ ‌sculptures‌ ‌coalesce‌ ‌into‌ ‌digital‌ ‌form‌ ‌through‌ ‌ the‌ ‌collaborative‌ ‌process‌ ‌of‌ ‌responding‌ ‌to‌ ‌one‌ ‌another’s‌ ‌work‌ ‌resulting‌ ‌in‌ ‌visual‌ ‌and‌ ‌poetic‌ ‌dialogue.‌ ‌ ‌

The‌ ‌Lighthouse‌ ‌Journal‌ ‌is‌ ‌a‌ ‌poetic‌ ‌biosphere:‌ ‌scientific‌ ‌samples‌ ‌and‌ ‌artistically‌ ‌representational‌ ‌organisms‌ ‌&‌ ‌text‌ ‌illuminated‌ ‌by‌ ‌textual‌ ‌light,‌ ‌dropped‌ ‌into‌ ‌undulating‌ ‌subconscious‌ ‌waters‌ ‌and‌ ‌solidified‌ ‌in‌ ‌moss,‌ ‌wires‌ ‌and‌ ‌white‌ ‌clay‌ ‌mud.

 

Hannah Star Rogers is a poet, curator and art-science scholar. She holds a MFA from Columbia University, a PhD from Cornell University, and is currently a Visiting Scholar at the University of Edinburgh. Her poems and reviews have appeared in The Kenyon Review, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Tupelo Quarterly, The Carolina Quarterly, and The Southern Women’s Review. She has held artist residencies at the Djerassi, ArtHub, Tofte Lake Center, Catswalk, the Arctic Circle in Finland, and National Park Service writing residencies in both Acadia, Maine and the Everglades, FL. hannahstarrogers.com

Steffany Suze Boucher is a visual artist and certified sound therapist. She has shown her work throughout the United States in both solo and group exhibits including Illinois, Colorado, Brooklyn, New York City. She received her MFA in Sculpture from Parsons School of Design in New York City and her BFA from Western Illinois University. Her 20 years of teaching includes Parsons School of Design, NYC, Bemis School of Art and Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs in addition to K-12 schools and independent educational programs in Art and Design, Sculpture and Drawing, in addition to Art History. She creates symbolic votives through sculpture, collage, drawing, soundscapes and installation. steffanysuzeboucher.com ‌