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3:30PM - 6PM

Loud & Clear: Sharpening the Lyric Tongue with Imani Davis

Art Start Studios NYC

526 W 26th Street, Suite 10AB

New York, NY 10001

Free, Ages 14 - 24

Join Art Start for 'Loud & Clear: Sharpening the Lyric Tongue with poet and educator, Imani Davis.


This workshop challenges participants to expand the expressive toolboxes though experimenting with poetic form, subject matter, and delivery.


Artist Bio:

Imani Davis is a queer, Black writer from Brooklyn. A Pushcart Prize–nominated poet, they've earned fellowships from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Lambda Literary Foundation, BOAAT Press and the Stadler Center for Poetry. They completed their BA in English and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and they're currently pursuing a PhD in American Studies at Harvard. Imani's poetry appears in Best New Poets 2020, Best of the Net, PBS NewsHour's Brief But Spectacular series, the Offing, Shade Literary Arts and elsewhere.

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Art Start monthly Creative Sessions are free, open to all youth & young adults (ages 14-24), and have hands-on art making opportunities, music, snacks, and socializing among fellow young creatives.
No RSVP Required.