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SUMMARY:Kathy Fridstein & Kelli Russell Agodon
DESCRIPTION:Kathy Fridstein and Kelli Russell Agodon visit the store to d
 iscuss their new book Landscapes of Forgotten Forts\, a collaboration be
 tween the artist and poet featuring photographs of Puget Sound’s Forts W
 orden\, Flagler\, and Casey\, all used during World Wars I and II\, and 
 poetry responding to the photos. Registration is not required\, but help
 s us anticipate audience size. If you'd like to RSVP\, please do so here
 ! Landscapes of the Forgotten Forts explores relationships between histo
 ry and art\, war and peace\, built and natural environments\, absence an
 d presence. Through photographs and poems\, the three forts—Casey\, Word
 en\, and Flagler—that comprised the Triangle of Fire are portrayed\, inv
 oking their original purpose\, now long overrun by nature. Kathy Fridste
 in has taken thousands of photographs of these forts\, homing in on a me
 diation on history through a certain kind of beauty. Award-winning poet 
 Kelli Russell Agodon responds to several of Kathy Fridstein’s photograph
 s to help create a reflective\, lyrical history of the forts and interpr
 et what it is like to be there now\, juxtaposed with the current affairs
  of our country. Curator Kathleen Garret provides the foreword. Historia
 n David Hansen contributes an essay to provide context for the forts\; q
 uotes from the soldiers stationed there weave throughout the pages evoki
 ng the ghosts from wars past and the relentless march of time. Kathy Fri
 dstein is an artist/photographer living with her husband in Port Townsen
 d\, WA. After receiving an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of C
 hicago\, Kathy began a 40-year career of teaching in the Pacific Northwe
 st and showing her art. Her work has been exhibited at regional and inte
 rnational venues\, including the twentieth Julia Margaret Cameron Awards
  Exhibition\, in Barcelona\, and the Seattle Art Museum\, where it was p
 rominently featured in a three-person show\, Altered Images. Her art is 
 included in numerous public art collections\, including the 1% Washingto
 n Public Art Purchase\, the University of Washington Medical Center\, an
 d the Seattle Public Utilities Purchase. In 2025 she received an Artist 
 Trust GAP award to help fund this book. Kelli Russell Agodon is an award
 -winning poet\, editor\, and author from Washington State. Her recent bo
 ok is Accidental Devotions (Copper Canyon Press). Her last book\, Dialog
 ues with Rising Tides (Copper Canyon Press)\, was a Finalist for the Was
 hington State Book Awards and shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Grand Priz
 e in Poetry. She is the cofounder of Two Sylvias Press and cohosts the p
 oetry series\, Poems You Need\, with Melissa Studdard.\n\nTickets: https
 ://www.eventbrite.com/e/kathy-fridstein-kelli-russell-agodon-landscapes-
 of-forgotten-forts-tickets-2001033397759\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/
 event/3574c1db-bd21-4cfa-8358-a0923ec09b3e
LOCATION:Comstock's Bindery & Bookshop\, WA
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/3574c1db-bd21-4cfa-8358-a0923ec09b3
 e
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