Urbana Poet Laureate Celebration

Name: Urbana Poet Laureate Celebration
Start: 2024-05-05T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-05-05T16:00:00-05:00
Location: Spurlock Museum of World Cultures

Schedule

Sun May 05 2024 at 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Spurlock Museum of World Cultures | Urbana, IL

This year, the 2024 Poet Laureate is none other than one of our Black Joy Project curators, Ruby Mendenhall, and the Spurlock Museum is proud to host a poetry-writing workshop in her honor. Learn what inspires Ruby to express herself creatively and hear from her mentors. Then, discover what inspires you!
Workshop attendees will enjoy:
· Hearing from Ruby and some very special guests
· Poetry readings, spoken word, music, and art
· Snacks
· A poetry-writing workshop for those aspiring to enter next year!

The City of Urbana Poet Laureate program launched in 2019 to “recognize a resident poet who honors and serves our diverse community and elevates the importance of the creative writing art form.” The program includes a youth component starting at age 12: teachers and parents, do you have a child just dying to express themselves? This may be THE event for them!
Encouraged age: 12+
This program is partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.