Gravity Insists – Poem by Ann E. Carson

Gravity Insists is a poem by Ann E. Carson, inspired by summers she spent on Manitoulin Island. The music is by Jana Skarecky. The performance is by Maria Soulis, mezzo-soprano, and Jana Skarecky, piano. Paintings are by Jana Skarecky, and photographs by Ann E. Carson and Jana Skarecky.

Heliconian Club May 21st, 2021

For this week’s spotlight, we present Ann Elizabeth Carson. Ann is a poet, writer, sculptor, feminist, and one of “Toronto’s Mille Femmes” (2008 Luminato Festival), which paid tribute to women who have made a contribution to the arts. She has devoted her career and her work to understanding those in our society who are silenced, […]

Online Concert with Art-Dance-Poetry April 23, 2021

HELICONIAN CONCERT SERIES: ALONE TOGETHER, Friday, Apr. 23, 2021 at 7:30 pm Creativity doesn’t stop for a pandemic! Heliconian composers, visual artists, poets and dance artist are responding to each other’s works in a multi-disciplinary film creation. We explore musical styles from classical to jazz and from Persia to the Baltic Sea. The recording will […]

Toronto Urban Folk Art Salon – April 30th, 2020

April 30th, 2020 at 6pm – 8pm. Ann takes part in Toronto Urban Folk Art Salon at Toronto Public Library (Upstairs), 599 Mt. Pleasant Road, Toronto. (416) 393-7737

Song & Poetry Salon – February, 9th, 2020

February, 9th, 2020 at 1pm – 4pm. Ann takes part in Song & Poetry Salon at The Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto. (416) 923-8137.

Heliconian Club’s Ekphrasis – October 5, 2019

October 5, 2019. Ann takes part in Ekphrasis at The Heliconian Club, 35 Hazelton Ave., Toronto. 416 922 3618.

Review of Filling the Ark by Tom Gannon Hamilton

“I watch the day decide what to be. Will it be flopping laundry or blank pages filled?” Ann Elizabeth Carson is brilliant at capturing such moments in this deeply contemplative selection, attuned to the way things feel: frozen cracks in the boardwalk crackle/under blanket-muffled babies in big-wheeled strollers. Garden plants remind her of where we […]

Soft Launch of Filling the Ark, Summer 2019

A soft launch of Filling the Ark on Manitoulin Island. D and T tba.

Urban Folk Salon – May 30, 2019

May 30. Urban Folk Art Salon, 6.00-8.00 p.m. Mount Pleasant Library, 599 Mt Pleasant Rd., 416 393 7737.

Birthday and Sneak Peek of Filling the Ark – March 16, 2019

March 16. A 90th birthday celebration for Ann and sneak peek of Filling the Ark, Stories and Poems at Meg Salter’s and John Grandy’s home.