New Voices for
Change
Tim Seibles
& The DC Youth Slam Team
Saturday,
September 29, 2012
3-4:30
pm
Hamiltonian
Gallery
1353
U Street NW Washington, DC
Free
and open to the public
Let’s take this one chance and be
terribly
kind
to each other. I’m sick of wafting around
like a fart in the attic. Leave the
money
to
the morticians and their cadavers.
Let’s
make the most noise with our hearts.
by
Tim Seibles, from “Bonobo”
Tim
Seibles
is the author of several books of poems including Hurdy-Gurdy, Hammerlock,
Buffalo Head Solos, and, most recently, Fast Animal. He is
Professor of English at Old Dominion University and teaches in the Muse Writers
Workshop, the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast MFA in Writing Program,
and Cave Canem. He has received fellowships from both the Provincetown Fine
Arts Center and The National Endowment for the Arts. He also won the Open Voice
Award from the 63rd Street Y in New York City.
The
DC Youth Slam Team,
a program of Split This Rock, uses spoken word poetry to teach and
empower DC teens to speak up about issues of social justice. With free weekly
writing workshops, monthly open mics, poetry slams, and annual travel to
regional and national competitions, the team provides training and a platform for
talented District youth to develop their poetry and public speaking skills with
guidance from mentors and peers.
Split
This Rock
calls poets to the center of public life and fosters a national network of
socially engaged poets. From our home in the nation’s capital we celebrate
poetic diversity and the transformative power of the imagination. Split This
Rock’s programs integrate poetry into public life and support the poets who
write and perform this vital work.
HAMILTONIAN
GALLERY
is a dynamic space in the heart of Washington, DC contemporary art district.
The gallery focuses on works by emerging and mid-career artists. In conjunction
with Hamiltonian
Artists,
the gallery advances the professional development of emerging artists and
broadens the dialogue on contemporary art and culture through its exhibitions
and public programming.
Split
This Rock
www.SplitThisRock.org
info@splitthisrock.org
202-787-5210
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