Writers in Baltimore Schools, an organization founded by 2008 OSI Community Fellow Patrice Hutton, is celebrating young writers during National Poetry Month with two events.
On April 22, high school and college students in WBS’s JHU Writing Seminars Poetry & Social Engagement course will read from the anthology they created during the last semester at Bird in Hand from 6-8pm.
On April 30, the students will debut a printed collection of original poems illustrated by students in MICA’s MFA in Illustration Practice course at the Creative Alliance. “Baltimore Voices in Print: Poetry and Art Together Tell Stories About Baltimore,” starts at 4:30pm The illustrations can be seen on LED Baltimore, located on top of the Metro Gallery at Charles and Lanvale streets. They’ll run through Sunday, April 14.
Learn more about Hutton’s project in our Impact Photo Series, Notebooks Full of Beautiful Ideas.