MJ Millington
I’m MJ Millington, a Connecticut-based poet and multimedia artist. As a poet I translate the world of the senses—including the visual—into the written word. As an artist working in textiles, photography, paper, metal and book arts, I like to play with the structures and forms of poetry to create works of visual art. My current work is a series of conceptual quilts exploring poetry in textile form, entitled Verse Forms.
I've trained in floor-loom weaving with Lucienne Coifman; ancient jewelry-making techniques at the Jewelry Arts Institute in New York; and book arts with Daniel Kelm and Jim Croft. I’ve exhibited nationally, and my work is in the collection of the Beinecke Library at Yale University, as well as private collections in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California and New York. In 2018 I was an artist in residence at Trail Wood, in Hampton, CT.
I've trained in floor-loom weaving with Lucienne Coifman; ancient jewelry-making techniques at the Jewelry Arts Institute in New York; and book arts with Daniel Kelm and Jim Croft. I’ve exhibited nationally, and my work is in the collection of the Beinecke Library at Yale University, as well as private collections in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California and New York. In 2018 I was an artist in residence at Trail Wood, in Hampton, CT.
