Dark Moon Poetry & Arts

Honoring the dark moon involves exploring parts of the self often kept locked away. It means transforming latent energy into something beautiful. This is the most powerful time to effect change and make art. Dark Moon Poetry & Arts exists to honor the creative feminine and non-binary powers of North Texas. We showcase poetry, music, visual art, and projects that can’t be defined by a single noun. We upset still air.

This month Dark Moon Poetry & Arts is two years old! Please join us as we celebrate by presenting the poetry of women whose poetry focuses on self-love, history, and ritual, with music and movement of the body that reminds us we all connected to the earth and moved by the moon. This month’s features are Cocoatlicue, Aimée Mackovic, and Hathor Hendrix.

Under the alias of Cocoatlicue (co-kwat-lee-kwei), Amy Zapien explores the relationships of time travel, catharsis, magic, personal narrative to healing. She experiments with visual and performing arts, rituals, soundscapes, installations, lighting, and illustration to excavate the ways in which stories are shared. Coco’s artistic process is inspired by her B.A in Anthropology from UNT, rooting her poetry and performance in ethnographic documentation.

Her most recent work, “ME VOY” (I’ll Go), was inspired by a two-week trip to her grandmother’s home in Mexico and weaves together poetry, soundscapes, and lighting to share their story. It was performed at SANA /// Art Gathering, a two-day multi-artist installation showcasing local and emerging Dallas artists.

She is currently collaborating with the Espinas Collective and Casa De Locos, and in the past she has displayed work in The Lawndale Art Center Houston, The Oak Cliff Cultural Center, and Casa De Locos. You can find her on Instagram, in both the spirit and physical world, or in Pleasant Grove with her dog June.

Aimée Mackovic is a professor and poet currently living in Austin, Texas. Her work has appeared in journals such as Main Street Rag, Gravel, and Shark Reef, among others. She was the featured poet of Issue 9 of UCity Review. Her chapbooks include Potpourri and Dearly Beloved: the Prince poems. Her debut collection, Love Junky, was just released in October 2017 from Lit City Press. In Love Junky, she explores being female from the lenses of sister, daughter, lover, patient and friend. Obsessions include traveling, buying books at used book stores, the color purple, her rescue dog, and Broadway musical soundtracks. Find her at www.aimeemackovic.com

Hathor Hendrix is a resident Galaxy Girl and Jill of all trades. She describes herself as deeply rooted with her head in the clouds and is an advocate for revolutionary love, women's empowerment, optimal health, self-expression, knowledge, culture, dream-catching, authenticity, mindfulness, nudity, and hugs. Hendrix uses her talents as a singer/songwriter, musician, dancer, model, actress, and Kemetic Yoga instructor to navigate through this dimension spreading light and love in hopes of inspiring others to live their truths out loud and stand in their own power. Find her on Instagram @Hathor Hendrix and at hathorhendrix.com

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