PDA: Messages of Love was an interactive collaborative exhibit between Poets and Muses Executive Director and multimedia artist, Imogen Arate, and J.P. Licks, where Imogen was an Artist in Residence between February 5th and June 5th of 2024.
- Imogen’s Artist Statement
- Support Poets and Muses
- Sign up for the Poets and Muses newsletter
- Contribute your own Message of Love
- Read Featured Messages of Love
- Exhibit Requests
Artist Statement
Contribute Your Message of Love:
Life is precious, precarious and interconnected. Let’s welcome this Year-of-the-Dragon’s Valentine’s Day by writing a Message of Love (to our loved ones, the planet, its other inhabitants, our en/frien/emies, etc.).
Since J.P. Licks is a family-friendly environment, please keep your Message of Love free from obscenities, foul language and hatred.
- Go to the J.P. Licks Harvard Square store between February 5th and June 5th, 2024;
- fill out one of the heart cards; and
- hang it on the wall 👉
Featured Messages of Love
June | March | February
June
Below is a sample of the 151 Messages of Love we received–thank you, everyone, who contributed your heartfelt messages! I feel privileged that you decided to share them with us❣️
March
As of March 9th, we have received around 60 Messages of Love. Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed❣️❣️❣️
If you haven’t written one of your own yet, what are you waiting for?
February
We are very excited to have received our first Message of Love–on February 6th–from an anonymous contributor❣️
Whoever you may be, thank you❣️❣️❣️
Go see it in person and feature your own.
Exhibit Requests
For event organizers who are looking to invite Poets and Muses to mount exhibits, such as PDA: Messages of Love.
