Celebrating the Black Aesthetic through the Written Word

To conclude Black History Month of 2019, this reading will feature a host of poets and writers who will discuss the genius, the necessity, and the future of the Black artist. This reading celebrates the Black imagination and how it manifests as inspiration for social movements as well as art. This is not an ART-for-ART's-sake reading. Whether they are African American or not, these poets will explore the vast and complex contributions of African Americans, and how African American exceptionalism is daily and not a one month or once a year phenomenon.

F Douglas Brown - opening remarks

Readings and Performances by the following
Shameka Cunningham
Micah Bournes
Armond Kinard
Alyssa Matuchniak, Poet.
Jessica Ceballos Y Campbell
Prince of the Ghetto
Mike Sonksen
S Pearl Sharp

**Short Intermission**

Krystle May Statler
Niki Billingslea
MIYA KING
Chenel King
Terry Robinson
Conney Williams
Bridgette Bianca
Nikia Chaney
Lynne Thompson