Alexa Luborsky, Writer and Multi-Media Artist
In residence, January 5-26
This January, Bloedel Reserve welcomes writer and multimedia artist Alexa Luborsky. Of Western Armenian and Eastern European Jewish descent, Luborsky’s work is rooted in lineage, memory, and the complex afterlives of displacement. Her poems and hybrid forms trace the echoes of diaspora, weaving together historical research, inherited stories, and the intimate terrain of personal ritual.
Luborsky is the 2023 International Armenian Literary Alliance Creative Writing Grant recipient for her in progress poetry collection that examines diaspora and its aftermaths. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Adroit, AGNI, Black Warrior Review, The Rumpus, West Branch, and many other journals. She also serves as Interviews Editor at Poetry Northwest and is an AY 25 to 26 Nonresidential Fellow at the USC Shoah Foundation.
During her residency, Alexa will immerse herself in the quiet landscapes of winter, drawing inspiration from the Reserve’s contemplative spaces as she continues her research driven project on memory, memorialization, and the ways stories are carried across generations. Her work is shaped by survivor testimonies, archival materials, and inherited histories from the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, and Eastern European pogroms.
Alexa looks forward to exploring how place, stillness, and natural rhythm can deepen the creative process. We are honored to welcome her to the Reserve and to support the next stage of her work. Join Alexa on January 22 for her session on Mind Maps and Personal Recollections to help create a communal Bloedel Reserve “Memory Book”.
