Franz Seachel
Franz Seachel (she/they) is a South-Asian multidisciplinary artist and settler residing on unceded Coast-Salish lands of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam) nations. Franz has a B.A. in Creative Writing from Kwantlen Polytechnic University. They are the founder of Enable: Arts Society, a nonprofit that supports community-based and collaborative art projects by emerging and/or marginalized voices, and Enabling Arts, a cozy arts retail venue. She is also a founding member of Maza Arts Collective and a member of Vancouver Poetry House’s Word Play facilitator team.
Her writing has been featured at several events across so-called Canada, such as at the Surrey Art Gallery, Word Vancouver, Voices of Today in Toronto, the Vancouver Poetry Slam, Vancouver Pride, and Surrey Muses, amongst other stages and pages. Additionally, she’s a maker of ceramics and other crafts and is working on her debut novel, among other multidisciplinary projects. They have a background as a Yoga teacher and are focused on community creative care from a somatic-writing perspective. Franz is a creator of space. She believes art creates genuine connections. Art makes living bearable—she does her best to put more colour into the world by brightening up the mundane with creation and in her mission to uplift the truths of marginalized bodies. Franz hopes you dream often; she hopes you find reasons to stay.
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WordPlay Poets Region: Lower Mainland
