Dear Poet: Connecting Through Poetry and Letters Earlier this year, Ohio’s Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour participated in Dear Poet, an educational project hosted by the Academy of American Poets for National Poetry Month in April 2022. June 24, 2022 Arts Ed, For the Public American Academy of Poets, Appalachia, Arts Education, Dear Poet, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Letter Writing, Ohio Poet Laureate, Poet, Poetry Read More »
#TraditionsTuesday: Urban Appalachian Community Coalition “There is no eulogy required for the Appalachian community. We are alive, vibrant, and contribute to the ongoing vitality of the places we live.” April 11, 2022 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public appalachia, appalachian ohio, cincinnati, community, greater cincinnati, pauletta hansel, southeast ohio, southeastern ohio, storytelling, urban appalachia, urban appalachian community coalition Read More »
Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour Honored as Fellow by Academy of American Poets Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour is among 23 state and city poets laureate selected as 2021 Poets Laureate Fellows by the Academy of American Poets. She will receive $50,000 in support of an Appalachian poetry anthology. June 3, 2021 artists, For the Public, News, Public Academy of American Poets, Appalachia, Athens County, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Ohio, Poet Laureate, Poetry Read More »
A Culture of Creativity: The Ohio Appalachian Writers Project Showcases the Power of the Small Press Through its Ohio Appalachian Writers Project, for which Dos Madres received an Ohio Arts Council ArtSTART grant for FY 2018, the press is publishing work that celebrates the role Appalachian culture plays in many parts of Ohio. October 17, 2017 For Organizations Appalachia, ArtSTART, Cincinnati, Dos Madres Press, Hamilton County, Loveland, Ohio Appalachian Writers Project, Ohio Arts Council, Pauletta Hansel, Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel, Richard Hague, Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative Read More »