Join us for a dynamic Spoken Word Workshop, facilitated by Parminder Kaur Bhandal and Lien Xie. Explore your creativity as you write and present your own spoken word piece. You’ll also have the chance to listen to powerful spoken word performances and connect with fellow participants.
About Parminder Kaur Bhandal
Parminder Kaur Bhandal (she/her) is an artist, librarian, and poet who breathes life into spaces where the heart feels both held and free. Her work—spanning photography, video, installation, wearable art, and poetry—feels like a garden in bloom, rooted in ancestry and watered by the small, sacred acts of love and memory.
Her poetry is a quiet rebellion, soft yet unyielding, an offering to the ones who came before and the ones yet to come. She writes of belonging, of lands carried in the folds of a dupatta, of voices that refuse to be forgotten. Her words carry the scent of marigolds, the sound of leaves in prayer, the ache of longing that transforms into grace.
About Liên Ta
Liên Ta is a multidisciplinary artist and writer from Naarm. Their work explores a breadth of lived experiences around family, culture, gender, disability, and gothic horror.
Liên’s works can be seen in More than Melanin, CAMP Magazine, and Myriad Magazine, as well as self-published works Progress/Regress Anthology and Good Edits. They recently exhibited at the Civil Projection Gallery in Brimbank.
In their spare time, they enjoy making delicious ginger ale to share with their community.
