Poet and novelist Darlyn Finch Kuhn will explore turning adversity into art at Beacon College’s Salon Speaker Series at 7 p.m. March 21 at the Venetian Center in Leesburg.
Kuhn will illustrate that the difficult moments in life shape our character, become fuel for self-expression, and ultimately inspire artistic expression in others. Sharing excerpts from her poetry and prose, Kuhn will show the benefits of paying close attention to pain, sharing the universal through the specific, and being vulnerable enough to collaborate with others through ekphrastic art.
The event is free and a boxed meal is provided. Registration is requested at https://secure.qgiv.com/for/dfk/event/853117/
Kuhn is a poet, short-story writer, and novelist who edits the Scribbles literary e-newsletter, ghostwrites books, and produces short films. Her debut novel, Sewing Holes, won a 2015 Royal Palm Literary Award, and she is working on the film script. In addition to her two poetry collections (Red Wax Rose and Three Houses) her work has appeared in literary journals, newspapers, magazines, and online. She works in administration at FSCJ and teaches journalism at UNF. Together with her husband, the author Brad Kuhn, Kuhn directs the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival.
In its sixth year, the Beacon Salon Speaker Series at Beacon College is the school’s flagship community education outreach program. The Speaker Series brings in speakers, educators, authors, and entertainers from Florida and around the country to educate, edify, and entertain by exploring Florida history, waxing poetic, delving into popular culture, and clenching the political third rail. Channeling its ethos from the Parisian salons of the Enlightenment, the Speaker Series honors the college’s sacrosanct duty as an institution of higher learning to uplift the community in which it operates, spark engagement, and sow seeds of conversation and discovery.
Founded in 1989, Beacon College is the first accredited baccalaureate institution dedicated to educating primarily students with learning disabilities, ADHD, dyslexia, and other learning differences.
