Local Author Meg Kaczyk: "Notes from Next to the Bed"

Local artist and writer Meg Kaczyk will share her book, Notes from Next to the Bed: A Caregiving Love Story in Words & Pictures, which showcases a series of moments from her perspective on caregiving during the last eight months of her husband's life. The combination of paintings and narrative beautifully expresses the love, grief, surrender, and joy inherent to the caregiving experience. Meg will read an excerpt from the book, discuss her writing process, and engage the audience in a Q&A.

Meg Kaczyk began her creative career as an illustrator and designer in the Midwest, graduating from Kendall School of Design in Grand Rapids and working in print and publication in Detroit. Seeking an arts community, in the ‘80s Meg moved west to Portland, Oregon, and then to Port Townsend in 2016. Her painting life played counterpoint to her corporate creative career, emboldening the loose and fluid style of her work today.

Learn more about Meg at https://artist.megkaczyk.com/