GATHERINGS PROJECT
Gatherings is an art and poetry based project that experiments with a cycle of giving and receiving. The project begins with 54 professional artists and 54 poets asked to contribute original work. Artists create their art on handcrafted wooden boxes. Poets write poetry for inclusion inside the boxes. The Gatherings boxes then begin to travel as each artist chooses a person to give the box to. The recipient keeps it for up to three weeks and participates by adding something in