05/12/2026
Join us this Friday for a reading by author, Carolyn Burke and Art by Ian Everard.
Friday, May 15, 5pm
Free
Limited Seating
This collaboration (part one in the Spring 2026 issue of Zyzzyva), began when Ian Everard accepted Carolyn Burke’s invitation to illustrate her stories about moments of aesthetic and moral choice. A series of exchanges ensued. Now, at Tumbleweed Found, a mosaic of images from the stories—an avocado, a lop-sided gravestone, hands enigmatically poised in the air, a gleaming art deco n**e, a showjumper on horseback, meticulous paintings of books as objects —trace steps in what has become a back-and-forth between artist and writer. . . . to be continued.
Carolyn Burke’s LEE MILLER, hailed by The Observer as “one of the great books on an artist’s life,” has helped inspire the resurgence of interest in Miller as model and photographer. Having also published biographies of Mina Loy, Edith Piaf, and FOURSOME: ALFRED STEIGLITZ, GEORGIA O’KEEFFE, PAUL STRAND, REBECCA SALSBURY, Carolyn is writing non-fiction stories sparked by encounters with creative artists. After completing a Ph.D in English Literature at Columbia University, she lived in Paris before settling in Santa Cruz, where she reviewed art for the Santa Cruz Express. Her books are published in the U.S. (FSG, Knopf), the U.K. (Bloomsbury), various European countries, and her birthplace, Australia.
Ian Everard has exhibited nationally and internationally. Born in St. Ives, UK. he has degrees in painting from Stourbridge College of Art, UK, in Natural Science Illustration from UCSC and an MFA from SFSU. While primarily known for his reconstructions and paintings of books as objects, he has also illustrated books, journals and magazines. His work is in many collections, including The Achenbach Foundation San Francisco, The Crocker Museum ,Sacramento, The Oakland Museum, UCSC Special Collections, The Farhat Collection, Santa Cruz, and the Lawrence B. Benenson Collection, Connecticut. He has received a Rydell Fellowship, a Tree of Life Individual Artist Grant, and a George Sugarman Award. He is represented by Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco.
