Exhibitions

ERIKA ROBERTS: INK AND IMAGINATION WORKS

Stove Works / 1250 E 13th St. February 12 - March 1st

Erika Roberts

Step into a space where language transcends the page, where poetry breathes beyond the lines. Here, words are more than ink and syllables—they are brushstrokes on the canvas of experience, bold and unbound.

Letters curve and dance, verses spill across the walls, inviting you to linger in their embrace. Each phrase, a window into emotion. Each stanza, a whispered echo of untold stories.

But poetry is not only to be seen—it is to be shared. A blank wall awaits your voice, a space for your own words to take flight. Leave behind a line, a thought, a piece of yourself. Let this gallery of language grow with every visitor, a living, breathing mural of collective expression.

Here, poetry is not confined to books or spoken in hushed tones. It stands tall, it reaches out—it becomes art.

~Erika Roberts

About Erika:

Erika Roberts is a creative strategist, poet, and community healer using poetry to facilitate radical self-care within communities that have withstood generational and systemic traumas. Her leadership has transformed the way arts-based community engagements can impact civic and non-profit organizations such as The City of Chattanooga, The Hunter Museum of American Art, PopUp Project, CHI Memorial Hospital, Glass House Collective, Westside Evolves Project, Chattanooga Design Studio, Hamilton County Schools, and The United Way of Chattanooga. Erika has been commissioned to write original poetry and perform spoken word for multiple film projects, including the feature length documentary film The Light We Share that was produced by The PopUp Project in 2020/2021.