Miriam Barr
26 January 2009
Miriam Barr is a poet and performer with a background in psychology.
Activities:
Creative director of The Literatti since 2007 and one of the founding members of the performance poetry group combining theatre, music and poetry.
Creator and editor of Side Stream, a free monthly poetry publication. Ran NZ's first Poetry Brothel.
Co-organiser and MC at Poetry Live, Auckland's longest running live poetry venue.
Guerrilla Poet
Currently working on: The Ghosts Project: www.theliteratti.co.nz
Key skills:
- writing
- performance
- collaboration
- promotions
- events organiser
- creative direction
- publishing
- editing
- MCing
- facilitation
Education history:
- Kaitaia College
- Senior College of New Zealand
- University of Auckland
- HD&TInstitute
Year of Graduation:
2009Formal qualifications:
- BA (Psychology & Employment Relations)
- PGDipArts (Psychology)
- MA (Psychology)
Work history:
- Editor - Side Stream
- Mental Health Promoter - Like Minds, Like Mine
- Service Director - Engage Aotearoa (promoting mental health recovery)
- Creative Writing Tutor - Toi Ora
- Creative Director - The Literatti
- Organisor - Poetry Live
- Support Worker
- Ph Counsellor
- Tutor
- Retail hell - a long time ago :o)
Creative achievements:
- Books: Tangents, (2006) Observations From The Poetry Factory (2007) book + CD.
- Awards: Poetry Idol 2007
- Published in: Landfall, Poetry NZ, JAAM, Black Mail Press, Magazine 5 & 6, Tongue In Your Ear 8 & 9, Live Lines I, II & III, The Deformed Paper, Enamel, Wild Goose Poetry Review.
- Performances at: AK07 Speigeltent, 'The Song Is a Bastard, the marriage of music and poetry", The Side Stream Poetry Brothel, The Kerouac Effect, Shanghai Lils with The Literatti ,Roasted Addiqtion with The Literatti The Classic Studio, Devonport Art Depot, Strata 6 in association with NZEPC and University of Auckland, Unitech Re-orientation 2006 Happy's bar in Wellington The London Bar, Epsom Girls Grammar School, Whangarei Midwinter Arts Festival, Auckland Fringe Festival (2009), The Dunedin Fringe Festival (2008), The Ubud Readers and Writers Festival (2007) and more...
Contact details:
sidestreamnz@gmail.com / theliteratti@gmail.com or email poetrylive@gmail.com
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