50 for 50 with Jaki Shelton Green

“My role as Poet Laureate is to be present in many, many different types of communities and to definitely foster an appreciation for voices that are marginalized. Voices that are outside of the canon. Voices that don’t show up at poetry readings. Voices that would never come to a retreat, but they’re there. And North Carolina has rich community, rich diversity of community, and there are amazing stories that I want to help people excavate and tell and write about and publish and celebrate in their communities.”
— Jaki Shelton Green, North Carolina's 9th Poet Laureate.
 
 
 
 

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North Carolinians need your help! Donate to the Disaster Relief Fund. You can TEXT Florence to 20222 or contribute online at the link in our bio.
WE’RE HIRING! Apply to be our Public Art and SmART Initiative Director today at the link in our bio. The main responsibility of the position is to manage the SmART Initiative, created to demonstrate how the arts revitalize downtowns and fuel sustainable economic development. Applications due 10/15.
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ARTIST OPPORTUNITY: We are now taking fellowship applications from songwriters, composers, and writers. Recipients will receive $10,000 to set aside time to work, purchase supplies and equipment, or pursue other artistic goals. Apply at the link in our bio.
Due to the uncertainty of Hurricane Florence and its aftermath, the Jaki Shelton Green Poet Laureate Induction Ceremony, scheduled for Wed., Sept. 19 in Raleigh, has been postponed. We will share the new date for the ceremony once we have it established. In the meantime, we invite you to read a new profile at the link in our bio. Please stay safe!
Have you ever been to a kiln opening? If not, we recommend you add one to your North Carolina cultural bucket list! Last month Sid Luck, a fifth generation potter and 2014 NC Heritage Awardee, hosted his annual kiln opening which featured brand new pottery from Sid and his past and present apprentices, and, of course, barbecue.
 
 

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