Thanks to Art Services, Inc’s Creative Impact Fund, for the next twelve months we will be bringing in a feature poet to headline the second open mic of every month. This poet will also run a free-to-attend writing workshop at the Caffe at Amy’s on Main St in Buffalo, NY.
First up, we couldn’t be happier to host Buffalo’s current Poet Laureate Aitina Fareed-Cooke.
Aitina Fareed-Cooke initially pursued creative arts strategies through poetry, lyricism, and digital storytelling as a means to address early childhood trauma. She has since become an award-winning entrepreneur, educator, and national recording artist (under the name A.I. The Anomaly). Fareed-Cooke has spent close to 2 decades providing creative arts strategies for nonprofit organizations, government entities, corporations, educators, and emerging artists. In 2012, Fareed-Cooke founded Get Fokus’d Productions (GFP), an award-winning creative media arts production company specializing in “human-first” storytelling, mentoring emerging artists, and elevating community voices through a social design approach.
Fareed-Cooke has earned numerous grants and honors including the Creatives Rebuild New York grant, NYSCA Individual Artist grant, Citizens Bank Community Champion Grant Award, Buffalo State University Young Alumnus Achievement Award, Arts Services Inc. Trailblazer of the Arts Award, The National Society of Leadership, and the Success Excellence in Teaching Award to name a few.
Fareed-Cooke has provided services, curated and/or exhibited work with a variety of entities including but not limited to: Buffalo State University, Jamestown Community College, Erie Community College, Cornell University, Kean University, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, CEPA Gallery, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House, 43North, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, and more.
Join us July 23rd at 9pm at 957 Elmwood Ave.
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