2026 EVENTS –

JAN.-FEB. Heid worked with snow sculptor Heather Friedli to find space and provide support for “ICE OUT FOR GOOD” a memorial in snow to honor fallen poet Renee Nicole Good and all who are victims of ICE. The sculpture is at West Franklin Avenue and Lake of the Isles Parkway near 2002 West Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis.

Heid has organized a poetry reading for a vigil at the sculpture site on Feb. 7 at 6 p.m. Poets Anthony Ceballos, Kris Bigalk, and Corey China will read a poem. Heid will read a new poem dedicated to Renee Nicole Good. The event will be ASL interpreted byIndigenous Interpreters. Through PoeS.A., Heid is working to incorporate poetry in a number of public art projects and art actions though projection, screen print, ASL interpretation, letterpress, readings and performances.

You can read about the sculptures, how early work was censored and destroyed and support their creators below. https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/snow-sculpture-disqualified-from-winter-carnival-competition-for-anti-ice-message

You can also read Heid’s perspective on occupied Minneapolis here: https://lithub.com/letter-from-mni-sota-makoce-no-one-is-illegal-on-stolen-land/

After ‘ICE out’ messages were destroyed, snow sculptors recreate their works in Minneapolis