The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is pleased to present Skill Set, an engaging educational program that connects established artists and creatives to the Houston public in a nontraditional classroom setting.
Van Garrett’s prolific twenty-year poetry and writing career has made him one of Houston’s most renowned literary voices, having been published in numerous journals including Inner Art Journal, Phati’tude Literary Magazine, African American Review, Oxford University Press, and Xavier Review Press among many others.
During this month’s Skill Set, Garrett will lead a group of 15
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The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is pleased to present Skill Set, an engaging educational program that connects established artists and creatives to the Houston public in a nontraditional classroom setting.
Van Garrett’s prolific twenty-year poetry and writing career has made him one of Houston’s most renowned literary voices, having been published in numerous journals including Inner Art Journal, Phati’tude Literary Magazine, African American Review, Oxford University Press, and Xavier Review Press among many others.
During this month’s Skill Set, Garrett will lead a group of 15 participants through a series of engaging and productive literary exercises based on tours, lectures, and activities held at the Museum. Skill Set attendees will have a rare opportunity to learn and gain critical feedback from Garrett in one-on-one conference sessions.
Tickets are $15 for CAMH Members and $20 for general admission.
To register and reserve your spot visit the Eventbrite registration page here: http://bit.ly/VGarrett_EB
Learn more on the event page on camh.org: http://bit.ly/S1St4h
About the artist:
Van G. Garrett is an internationally celebrated artist and author. As a visual artist, Van's photography, videos, and paintings have been on display or utilized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; University of Rhode Island; Rice University; International Film Channel (IFC); Indie Black Film Festival; Aurora Picture Show; HBO's "The Wire: Spoken Word Battle"; The Source; and Capitol Records. As a literary artist, Van has received numerous awards and fellowships, including a BID Fellowship (Italy); Dr. Kwame Nkrumah International Study Scholarship (Ghana); a Poets & Writers, Inc. Readings/Workshops Grant; an Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation Scholarship to attend a Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship; a Hurston/Wright Fellowship for poetry; two Callaloo Creative Writing Fellowships; and a Great River Arts Institute Fellowship. Additionally, he has served as a judge for the National Poetry Slam.
His poetry has been published in journals and anthologies in the United States, Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, and London. Van has served as a referee for the International Journal of Asian Philosophical Association (IJAPA), and his reviews and articles have appeared in African American Review, "Film and History: The Documentary Tradition" (CD-ROM); and the Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the 21st Century (Oxford University Press). His debut collection of poetry, Songs in Blue Negritude, is published by Xavier Review Press (2008).
Van earned his MAIS from the University of Houston-Victoria and his BA from Houston Baptist University. He is the first student to receive a graduate certificate in African American Studies from the University of Houston.
About Skill Set:
This Each month a guest speaker will lead a hands-on interactive class in their professional craft and teach the foundations of their unique skills in such a way that they can be translated into each of the participants own artwork, practice, and life.
Skill Set classes will explore skills from a wide-array of unique and creative professions, from DJing to cooking from robotic engineering to beekeeping. Skill Sets are open to the public and participants are not required to have previous experience in the skill being taught.
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