Dolls, Freaks, Art: American Poets Creating a New Mythology by Christine Butterworth-McDermott
Very happy about the glowing review of Devil’s Paintbrush in The Pleiades Book Review by Christine Butterworth-McDermott in which she says “Alvarez’s work is blessed by unique language” and “her world is one in which self-made magic, how we observe and envision and assemble, becomes paramount to full engagement.” Feeling very honored, thank you Pleiades, Christine Butterworth-McDermott, and Bauhan Publishing.
I’m happy & honored to be included in Helen Klein Ross’s new anthology and reading at the NYPL book launch:
Wednesday, November 2 from 6 to 8 PM New York Public Library 476 Fifth Avenue at 42nd St, near Grand Central Station The Margaret Liebman Berger Forum on the 2nd Floor, Rm 227
Mythical and magical, this debut collection from painter and poet Alvarez portrays human behavior as an interconnected aspect of nature’s kingdom. Alvarez slowly, steadily peels back onion-skin layers of history in order to uncover elements of the sublime. Often structuring her poems as series of declarative statements, she utilizes sharp language that never distracts from the central mood or atmosphere. She recounts history, whether personal or cultural, not …read more
I’ll be reading from my new book Devil’s Paintbrush (winner of the 2015 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize) at The Juilliard School on Sunday, April 17, 2016 at 6:00 pm with poets Helen Klein Ross and Danniel Schoonebeek.
Three Muses Reading series, The Glorya Kaufman Studio, The Juilliard School, 2nd Floor, 65th St. west of Broadway, New York City
Opening Reception: Sunday, May 3, 2015, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, April 12, 2015 – Sunday, May 31, 2015
Location: Saint Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, 157 Montague Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 (Church entrance at the corner of Clinton and Montague Streets)
Friday, September 12 from 6 – 8pm Central Booking Gallery, 21 Ludlow Street, NYC I have a wall installation of new text based oil paintings at Central Booking. Please join us for a reception for the gallery’s fall exhibitions, including BUILDING, an architecture themed group show.
November 7, 2013 Public Reception 7-9pm Members’ and Artists Preview 6-7pm
On View: October 29 – November 30, 2013
International Print Center New York presents New Prints 2013/Autumn, on view at 508 West 26th St, 5th Floor, from October 29 – November 30, 2013. The exhibition consists of over fifty projects by twenty-nine artists, and was selected from well-over 2,000 prints.
New Prints 2013/Autumn is the forty-sixth presentation of IPCNY’s New Prints Program, a series of juried exhibitions organized by IPCNY several times each year, featuring prints made within the past twelve months. An illustrated brochure with a …read more
Opening Saturday, April 6, 2013, 4 – 7 pm | Exhibition: April 26 – June 22, 2013I’m honored to be opening Piermont Straus Gallery’s beautiful new space with a solo show of recent work.
Opening – Thursday, March 21, 6 – 8 pm | Exhibition: March 18th – April 11th, 2013I’m happy to have installation poetry work in Text Out of Context, a group exhibition at the Hewitt Gallery uptown at Marymount Manhattan College.
Mythical and magical, this debut collection from painter and poet Alvarez portrays human behavior as an interconnected aspect of nature’s kingdom. Alvarez slowly, steadily peels back onion-skin layers of history in order to uncover elements of the sublime. Often structuring her poems as series of declarative statements, she utilizes sharp language that never distracts from the central mood or atmosphere. She recounts history, whether personal or cultural, not 
