Kathleen Cerveny is an artist, poet, grantmaker, and dedicated arts advocate whose work has had a lasting impact on the cultural life of Northeast Ohio. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art (BFA, Ceramics) and the University of Southern Maine (MFA,…
Join our new Heights Poet Laureate, Michelle R. Smith, along with Jennifer Hallaman, Jeweled Justice, and Sujata Lakhe , for an evening of poetry inspired by Heights Arts new 2026 exhibitions “Consider Fires” and Spotlight Artist: Josh Chefitz.
About this event Join our new Heights Poet Laureate, Michelle R. Smith, along with guest poets, Calil Cage, Chelsea Daniel, and Andrea Fekete for an evening of poetry inspired by the “Members Show” and Spotlight Exhibition featuring Felice Dahlhausen at Heights Art’s…
Join our new Heights Poet Laureate, Michelle R. Smith, along with guest poets, El Bentivegna, Kisha Nicole Foster and Bill Newby for an evening of poetry inspired by the “Visions in Monochrome and Spotlight: Nicole Condo- Shih exhibitions at Heights Art’s gallery.…
El is a NEOMFA poetry candidate at Cleveland State and a 2025 Academy of American Poets Prize winner. They live in Cleveland Heights with their husband and five cats.
Michelle R. Smith is a writer, poet, educator, cultural facilitator, and native Clevelander. She is the Programming Director for Literary Cleveland and author of the poetry collections Ariel in Black (2015) and The Vagina Analogues (2020). She has been published in The…
Kisha Nicole Foster lives in Cleveland, and is the recipient of the 2019 Cleveland Arts Prize for Emerging Artist in Literature. Foster is an alumnus of Cleveland State University-BA English, and holds an MFA in Poetry from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Foster…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Heights Arts Announces Michelle R. Smith as the New Heights Poet Laureate CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH – Heights Arts is excited to announce Michelle R. Smith as the 12th Heights Poet Laureate. Smith, a poet and literary advocate, was selected…
Heights Arts Poet Laureate Siaara Freeman, along with guest poets, recite poetry inspired by the current exhibitions at Heights Art’s gallery. Enjoy original works reflecting the themes of Regional Perspectives and Richard Feinman in the Spotlight Gallery. The poets offer their unique…
