Poet Laureate Laura K. Watson

Laura K Watson is an artist and writer living in Sackville, New Brunswick on the unceded territory of Mi’kma’ki.  She makes zines, prints, installations, and textile works that combine drawing and poetry.  Watson is a regular zine fair vendor and has distributed much of her work for free through her Mail Exchange project, which ran from 2014-2020.

Watson’s writing has been published in The Dalhousie Review, Contemporary Verse 2, Broken Pencil Magazine and a number of anthologies.  She has exhibited her work at galleries across Canada, including Presse Papier in Trois-Rivieres, QC; ARTsPLACE Artist-Run Centre in Annapolis Royal, NS; Centre{3} for Artistic + Social Practice in Hamilton, ON; Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre in Medicine Hat, AB; and Galerie Sans Nom in Moncton, NB.

Laura Watson graduated from Mount Allison University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.  Her work can be found at www.laurakwatson.com.