Poetry was Slammin' at the International Festival

The poets had their say at the International Festival at Ross Beatty High School in Cassopolis. Kareemah El Amin hosted a poetry slam featuring 5 of her friends. The audience was dazzled!

Kareemah offered a two-day workshop in June where we learned poetry starters, wrote, and created two collaborative poems. The workshop was a great opportunity for participants to connect with Kareemah on a personal basis, and to see and understand how artists work.

Jake rides the train at the International Festival

Jake Webster offered two chapbook workshops in August. And then, although it wasn't planned, Jake generously generously invited us to visit his studio in Elkhart. During the visit, the 20 chapbooks that had been created in the workshops were bound with plastic spindles. Jake also shared his sculpture and drawings, his work philosophy and ethic. The aspiring artists and poets in the group found this invaluable. The 20 chapbooks created in the workshops were displayed at the Festival.

Poetry Slam

Kareemah El Amin, Jake Webster and Steve, Poetic Wisdom & Keys, Jaqueline Kelly Cogdell, David Caspar, and Chairman Ralph showed up to do some slamming and romancing at the 10th Annual International Festival.

Chairman Ralph

P-Wiz rhymes about Time