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Royal Academy announces new Poet-in-Residence

LONDON.- The Royal Academy is pleased to announce that Pele Cox has been appointed Poet-in-Residence. This new role will help enrich the Royal Academy’s audiences’ understanding and enjoyment of visual arts by creating a link with poetry. By bringing poetry into the fray Cox will establish new opportunities for collaboration across disciplines. She will engage well known contemporary artists, fashion designers, curators and poets, using the channels forged by fine art and the performance and writing of poetry. As a poet who has a passion for the visual arts and a strong commitment to engaging a broad and diverse public, Pele Cox will be working closely with the Royal Academy’s Learning Department to help develop an annual programme of events. Pele Cox’s next RA events will include: Double Exposure: The poetry of photography and photographs, This event lies in conjunction with the Royal Academy&#14