A Poet’s Creative Process Poet Bill Newby talks about what he sees in a photograph of a fall leaf with water droplets and then recites a poem he created from that visual. Known as Ekphrastacy, this is a popular program of Heights…
A Poet’s Creative Process Poet Bill Newby talks about what he sees in a photograph of a fall leaf with water droplets and then recites a poem he created from that visual. Known as Ekphrastacy, this is a popular program of Heights…
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…
Heights Arts Poet Laureate Siaara Freeman, along with guest poets Barbara Minney, Caira Lee, and Conor Bracken, recite poetry inspired by the current exhibitions at Heights Art’s gallery. Enjoy original works reflecting the themes of Emerged and Frank Hadzima in the Spotlight…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 21, 2024 Jeanne Li | marketing@heightsarts.org Heights Arts Seeks Applications for 12th Heights Poet Laureate Cleveland Heights, OH – Heights Arts, a multidisciplinary arts organization in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, is excited to announce the selection process for the…