Raising awareness of global concerns through a marriage of the arts.
Debbie Strange
Debbie Strange (Canada) is a chronically ill short-form poet and visual artist whose creative passions connect her more closely to the world. Thousands of Strange’s poems and artworks have been published worldwide. Her haiku collection, Random Blue Sparks (Snapshot Press, 2024), received 3rd Place in the 2025 Haiku Society of America Merit Book Awards.
By Debbie StrangeCanada Shortlisted Vispo, 2023 Sonic Boom Annual Vispo Contest Artist’s Statement:A word-weaving of culled Wikipedia details regarding Treaty 1 (in my home province of Manitoba) affixed to stained watercolour paper, referencing the boil-water advisories on many First Nations in Canada.
By Debbie StrangeCanada Honourable Mention, 2024 Sonic Boom Annual Vispo Contest Artist's Statement:A paper collage embellished with frayed burlap and fabric symbolizing how women learned to "make do" during the Depression Era. The grains of wheat and ration ticket represent food insecurity and the lack of the most basic items after countless farmers lost their land. The staple stitching works to bring these two themes together.