Black-out Poetry

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Unleash your creativity in this dynamic fusion of visual art and poetry! Blackout or Erasure Poetry is a playful and thought-provoking form of found poetry where creators take existing texts—such as old book pages, newspaper clippings, or magazine articles—and transform them into entirely new works of art and expression.

By removing or blacking out select words, participants uncover hidden meanings, craft unexpected narratives, or let images and patterns emerge around chosen phrases. Some poets use bold strokes to conceal unwanted text, while others draw, doodle, or paint around their words, turning each piece into a visual and literary collage.

This is your chance to explore language in a whole new way. Whether you’re a seasoned poet or a curious beginner, come see what surprising story might be waiting within the page. What will you choose to reveal—and what will you erase?

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Scugog Arts

Scugog Arts is our community’s creative hub: awakening, inspiring and connecting you to all the arts. We are an arts space on Queen Street in Port Perry with Resident Artists, Biidaaban Gallery, monthly exhibitions, workshops for artists and our visitors, and meet-up space. Scugog Arts organizes and holds multi-arts cultural events, literary programs, festivals and tours.

Awaken your interest and participation in all of the arts at our Culture Days event in September, our Lake Scugog Studio Tour and multi-discipline arts festival: small town BIG in May, and Sunday Pop Up Market running from the May long weekend through Thanksgiving, and Christmas Market mid Nov – December each year.

Let our space inspire you with our monthly exhibitions of paintings, sculpture, photography, installations and more. Shop for unique original hand-made pottery, fibre, original prints, mixed-media, jewellery, stone and paintings, and authentic indigenous art from Biidaaban Gallery.

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