This event is free and open to all.
Join Notre Dame’s Letras Latinas in welcoming Emma Trelles, former Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara, California, and Alexandra Lytton Regalado, former winner of the National Poetry Series, for a public talk and live poetry reading engaging works of art from the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. Special guest Richard Blanco, U.S. inaugural poet for President Barack Obama, will provide the introduction.
Poems by Trelles and Regalado will be developed as part of a joint poets-in-residence sponsored by Letras Latinas and the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art in September of 2026. During the residency, the poets will conduct research in the Museum’s galleries in order to create new ekphrastic poetry, visit a Notre Dame literature class, and co-teach a public poetry workshop at the Museum.
Visit the Museum
The Raclin Murphy Museum of Art is located on Notre Dame’s campus on St. André Way near the corner of Eddy Street and Angela Blvd. Visit the Museum’s website for more information on travel and parking as well as accessibility details. For questions about access, please contact the Museum’s Visitor Services at (574) 631-5466.
Funding & Support
This project is made possible with funding from Letras Latinas, the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, and the James R. Wilson Fund for Excellence.
Poets & Art is a partner program of the 2027 Notre Dame Arts Biennial and is supported with funding from the Notre Dame Arts Initiative.
Image: Poets & Art, 2025. Photo courtesy of Letras Latinas.