Pop-In Poetry with Spoken Word Artist Melissa Dunmore
Wednesday, April 19, 4– 7 PM
TICKETS: Free event, no ticket required. Please check in at the Visitor Services Desk.
Celebrate National Poetry Month in the galleries! Join Phoenix-based spoken word artist Melissa Dunmore and write your own artwork-inspired poem. All ages and abilities are welcome. Pop-In Poetry is free and open to the public during Pay-What-You-Wish-Wednesday.
About Melissa Dunmore
Melissa Dunmore, originally from Brooklyn, New York with roots in rural Puerto Rico, is a matriarch-in-training and guardian of diasporic narratives. A spoken word artist, writer, and scholar of social justice, she transplanted to the Arizona desert nearly twenty years ago. Melissa was the opener for contemporary poet Rupi Kaur and the sixth annual BlakTinx Dance Festival (2022). Featured in multiple NPR (KJZZ) broadcasts including SOAPBOX and Storytellers Project (2022), she also appears in the award-winning documentary You Racist, Sexist, Bigot (2018), which was presented at film festivals and college campuses around the world. Melissa's poetry and prose are published in Bar Flies: True Stories from the Early Years (2019), Black Lives Have Always Mattered (2017), and Songs of Yemaya (2017). A first generation graduate, alumna of Prescott College's Master of Arts in Social Justice & Community Organizing program (2019), national service through AmeriCorps Public Allies (2012), and Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication (2011), she identifies as Black, Boricua, and Indigenous. Melissa currently resides in Phoenix with four generations of her matrilineal family.
This program is made possible in part by the Carolyn Dunkin Schulte Educational Endowment Fund, The Discount Tire Endowment for Children’s Art Programs, William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Educational Programs, and the Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for Performing Arts.
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Poesía emergente con la artista de la palabra hablada Melissa Dunmore
Miércoles, 19 de abril, 4–7 PM
BOLETOS: No se requiere boleto. Evento gratuito.
¡Celebra el mes nacional de la poesía en las galerías! Únete a Melissa Dunmore, artista de la palabra hablada radicada en Phoenix, y escribe tu propio poema inspirado en obras de arte. Todas las edades y niveles de habilidad son bienvenidas. El evento de Poesía emergente es gratuito y está abierto al público durante Miércoles de paga-lo-que-gustes.
Acerca de Melissa Dunmore
Melissa Dunmore, originaria de Brooklyn, Nueva York, con raíces en las zonas rurales de Puerto Rico, es una matriarca en formación y guardiana de las narrativas diaspóricas. Artista de la palabra hablada, escritora y erudita de la justicia social, se mudó al desierto de Arizona hace casi veinte años. Melissa fue la telonera de la poeta contemporánea Rupi Kaur y del sexto festival anual de danza BlakTinx (2022). Presentada en múltiples transmisiones de NPR (KJZZ), incluyendo SOAPBOX y Storytellers Project (2022), también aparece en el galardonado documental You Racist, Sexist, Bigot (2018), que se presentó en festivales de cine y campus universitarios de todo el mundo. La poesía y la prosa de Melissa se publican en Bar Flies: True Stories from the Early Years (2019), Black Lives Have Always Mattered (2017) y Songs of Yemaya (2017). Graduada de primera generación, exalumna del programa de Maestría en Artes en Justicia Social y Organización Comunitaria de Prescott College (2019), servidora nacional a través de AmeriCorps Public Allies (2012) y la Universidad Estatal de Arizona con una Licenciatura en Artes en Comunicación (2011), ella se identifica como negra, boricua e indígena. Melissa actualmente reside en Phoenix con cuatro generaciones de su familia matrilineal.
Este programa es posible en parte gracias a el Carolyn Dunkin Schulte Educational Endowment Fund, The Discount Tire Endowment for Children’s Art Programs, William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Educational Programs, y el Angela and Leonard Singer Endowment for Performing Arts.