2013-363 Arts - Sacrificial Poets Spring 2013 Art Grant Agreement $1,500

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Out-of-School Programs ➢Comics Speak: This 12-week writing and illustration program partnered Sacrificial Poets Teaching Artists with visual artist Luis Franco,the North Carolina Dream Team, and the Ella Baker Women's Center. ➢Painted Voices: In its second year,this 10-week interdisciplinary arts program worked out of the Teen Center with a group of youth from Chapel Hill,East,and Carrboro High Schools to create works of art inspired by the youth's engagement with underserved and underrepresented populations across the city. ➢I Am a Man: This male mentorship program,kicked off in April 2013,has brought together a group of college mentors and high school mentees to explore issues related to gender,masculinity,misogyny and sexism,while redefining what it means to be a man in society. ➢BNV Slam Academy: Every year,the top 6 youth poets in the area are selected to be the Sacrificial Poets Youth Slam Team that competes in the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival among 50 other teams from across the globe. ➢Boomerang: Sacrificial Poets Teaching Artists work with youth at the Boomerang alternative suspension organization twice a week during the school year. Sacrificial Poets: Proposed Uses of Grant Funds Program Summary Sacrificial Poets is seeking support for poetry club outreach and the e annual Word Rivalry and Fellowship Festival. The festival will be a day-long event held in May 2014 in which teams representing area high schools will share their art and stories, witness performances from nationally renowned spoken word poets, and compete in the Word Rivalry inter-high school poetry slam. Sacrificial Poets will use grant funds to 1)run at least 10 hours of outreach and spoken word workshops in four area high schools(total of 40 hours between CHS, CHHS, ECHHS,and Phoenix Academy)to help youth prepare for the festival, and 2)organize and run the festival at a Chapel Hill-Carrboro community venue. The workshops will be conducted by Sacrificial Poets' facilitators as well as guest artists and educators from the national spoken word scene,and will help youth participants craft original works of spoken word poetry to be presented at the final festival event. This culminating event will be open to the public, and will give youth participants the opportunity to share their art with their peers and the greater community. In addition, based on feedback we have collected from students,teachers, and community members, we will be adding two new elements to our youth outreach this upcoming year. 1)We will facilitate 3-5 additional poetry club events throughout the year.We want Word Rivalry to be a reunion of poets, not just an introduction. Establishing connections during the year will allow youth to build powerful bonds and fellowship across their county and regional high school poetic community. These relationships will cultivate a stronger and more sustainable youth poetry community. 2)We will create the first Word Rivalry Anthology. This culminating collection of poetry will feature youth poets from across our community and will speak to the diversity, beauty, and artistic prowess of our youth. All youth from local poetry clubs will be invited to participate in the anthology. This collection of work will both showcase their art and create a lasting treasure for students,parents, and community members to take home and keep.