About Karen Pierce Gonzalez

 
Art    Folklore  Writing 

It's true: life is art. A continual coming together of elements; many unseen until ready. Until we are ready.
Whether visual, kinetic, acoustic, or verbal, we are always artist and audience. This blessed weave moves us into the moment of seeing and being seen. 

Contact: kpgfolkheart@gmail.com
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Poetry: Near and Far, Monday, January 5, 7pm est
Open Mic too!   Zoom ID: 857 84444 3637


Speak Up / Speak Out (preview & Performance Poetry tips)
January 20, 3-4:30 pm pst  Open Mic too!   Zoom ID: contact me

Ekphrastic Folk Art Season 3, #1
Available January 1

Save The Date!

                                                      
My fiction, poetry, journalism, non-fiction, and short plays have received several awards and have appeared in numerous platforms, including Big Blend Magazine, BluePepper, Cold Moon Journal,  Eat the Storms Podcast, Fringe of Marin Festival, GAS: Poetry, Art, Music, Nightingale and Sparrow,  San Francisco  Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Storms Journal, Visual Verse, and Wise Owl.  More 

Chapbooks: Coyote In the Basket of My Ribs (Alabaster Leaves), Sightings from a Star Wheel (Origami Poems Project), RavenSong (Poetic Libretto/Four Feathers Press), 'Twas Brillig (Poetic Libretto/Four Feathers, Press),  Down River with Li Po (Black Cat Poetry Press), Sun and Moon Wired Together (forthcoming Midsummer Dream House). More  

Special Projects include recorded poetry performances, poetry films, and more, including bird psalm (hybrid journey of bird nest fragments), The Whiskey Tree Poets' Untamed Wave 1 (Broken Spine Arts), North Bay Poetics co-host. More 

As a  folklorist, I facilitate folklore-related and creative writing workshops in the San Francisco Bay Area. A former folklore columnist for Big Blend Magazine. I have also written several folklore-related books, including Writing Your Own Family Stories, Seaweed Song, and Turn Treasured Memories into Folklore. In my folkloric bag, research on scarecrows as folk art and an original animal tale that opened Season 2 of the Supernatural Park podcast. Note: A shout out to Beaver for this tale!

As FolkHeart Press publisher, I produce the Ekphrastic Folk Art blogzine. Four issues each year are compiled into a free, downloadable anthologies.  More 

My assemblage/mixed-media art is a conversation with the grain of tree bark and other
natural elements including flora, fibers, and found objects. 75+ art images have been published, seven of them as cover art. July 2022 Artist Spotlight, National Arts Program. Art exhibits include Santa Rosa Arts Center, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Tiny Galleries Kiosk, Truckenbrod Gallery, Vallejo Historical Museum, and Virtual Art in the Park. More 

Art Projects include The Wombwell Rainbow 2024 Ekphrastic Poetry Month, City Companions, a Hedgehog Poetry Press award-winning collaboration of collage and poetry with Marcelle Newbold, and more.  


Other:  
My former work as a seasoned, award-winning public relations professional was designed to shed light on the good work of others. Clients and projects appeared on traditional and online media outlets, including NBC TV, CBS TV,  KTVU TV, Northbay Biz, Bay Area Business Women, New York Post, Denver Post, The San Francisco Chronicle and more. Details


























































































































































































































































































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Chapbooks

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Contact: kpgfolkheart@gmail.com Chapbooks THREE NEW RELEASES! Down River with Li Po Inspired by Tang Dynasty poet/philosopher The Black Cat Poetry Press  2025 These poems are both ageless and contemporary . More Contact me for signed copy === === Moon kissed, Earth wrought, Vision drunk Bottlecap Press 2025 This hybrid collection reaches back to Mesopotamia  and brings it forward  with poetry and expressive art for a mythology that fits our time.  More Contact me for signed copy === === 'Twas Brillig A hybrid of poetry and art inspired by Jabberwocky Poetic Librettos 2025 === === Forthcoming: Sun and Moon Wired Together The day of night/ the night of day Midsummer Dream House === === Coyote  in the Basket of My Ribs (Alabaster Leaves/Kelsay Books 2023)    Black Bough Poetry Book of the Month   Blog Interview with Sam Szanto Broken Spine Arts Poetry Book Review More Contact me for signed copy === === WinterTide: 16 Days poetry and photography Poet...
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Special Projects, Events, Awards

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Events, Interviews, Readings Winter's Dark a poetry film Poetry Performance Workshop  Feature Reading & Performance Tips -  4pm pst Dec. 7 4 Z oom # 75993673202 Password poetry What An Amazing Event This Was! Sharing the stage w/Lifetime Beat Poet Laureate Clive Matson Bird & Beckett Books, San Francisco #NotJustPretty A special 3-zoom series Down River with Li Po An in-depth interview Flipbook first featured in HoneyGuide Literary Magazine Double Feature   Saturday Afternoon Poets Rivertown Poets Coffeehouse Podcasts Episode 1       Episode 2 Performance Poetry Life Fills These Rooms Workshops Folkloric Fusions More Mayari Literature Guest Editor Guest Editor:  https://bit.ly/3PBNki1 Winter a mini poetry video The Whiskey Tree Wave 1 Untamed Nature Peeking behind the scenes, an interview   Eat the Storms podcast   https://amzn.to/3zs6x1c Untamed Love Poet and Poem Backstories  The folklore of love: triumphs and sorrows https://...
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