Local visual artist Bennet Schlesinger is celebrating the release of his first collection of poems, with gorgeous illustrations by Aidan Koch. Bennet’s work has been exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions at Sebastian Gladstone, LA; Karma, Amagansett; SIGNAL, Brooklyn; AND NOW, Dallas; and others. He writes in a diaristic style, exploring the landscape between frank honesty, the surreal and self actualization.

Aidan Koch’s work fluidly navigates illustration, comics, and installation, often gravitating towards themes of inter-being with humans, their non-human co-habitators, and the landscapes they are situated in. She’s published six graphic novels, has had her illustrations included in The Paris Review, exhibited internationally, and founded the Institute for Interspecies Art and Relations.