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O, Miami Poetry Pageant will get underway with a brand new public artwork initiative: “Soy de Todas Partes.”
The civic publishing challenge offers a deep dive into the trendy immigrant expertise by 100 pupil poems as public artworks positioned in public areas throughout Miami-Dade County and is meant to take an acupuncture method towards poetry as public artwork to rejoice the richness and vitality of Miami’s majority-minority group.
O, Miami has additionally partnered with venues just like the Miami Seaside Bandshell and enlisted the companies of artists and tradespeople to make the challenge come to life. Folks driving east throughout the MacArthur Causeway, strolling the streets of downtown or crusing the waterways will have the ability to see and expertise the student-read poems.
“Soy de Todas Partes” is not only a public artwork challenge, it’s a year-long dialog starter and a method to provoke much-needed empathy and therapeutic by the ability of poetry, mentioned Melody Santiago Cummings, the competition’s govt co-director. The mural-like installations kick off a month-long celebration of poetry.
“This April, we invite you to expertise – and form – O, Miami. Write a poem, be a part of a workshop, or come upon poetry in sudden locations,” she added. “Swap tales and clothes, get a tattoo with a brand new buddy, or discover poetry within the cosmos, the coral reefs, or a quilt. Honor the previous, rejoice the current, and dream up the long run with us. Whether or not you’re skateboarding, shucking oysters, mothering, or dancing by your grief, there’s a spot for you right here – come make the competition yours.”
The O, Miami Poetry Pageant runs by April 30 and options over 40 occasions, performances, and interactive experiences.
Particulars: https://omiami.org/poetry-festival/.