IN THE NEWS:
Poetry on the Streets has received recognition from National Arts Strategies chosen for their Creative Community Fellows program, and The Pollination Project, who supports global leaders in support of social change, and has appeared on NPR/CT Public Radio and other publications.
National Arts Strategieshttps://www.artstrategies.org/news/nas-announces-2019-creative-community-fellows-new-england-cohort/
Named one of "14 community organizers who create equity in the face of inequity"
NPR: The Poetry Bus, 5.3.2021 https://www.wnpr.org/post/hartfords-poetry-bus-moving-piece-public-art
NPR, Where We Live: Live Interview, 5.10.21 https://omny.fm/shows/where-we-live/universal-basic-income-might-be-coming-to-hartford?t=38m30s
Hartford Business Magazine https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/downtown-hartford-retail-space-on-allyn-st-to-launch-art-project
Interview with Hartford Public Library, 5.2020 http://blogs.hplct.org/?p=1588
Video for HPL: POTS Quarantine Series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a40XKWqnsU
Video for Work Space Gallery "Creative Spark": POTS Essential Voices https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WD5CB26Zqg
Cuatro Puntos Cross Atlantic Quarantine Series; collaboration with Cape Town S. Africa's violinist, Elinor Speirs and New England artists, including Melanie Faranello from POTShttps://www.facebook.com/cuatropuntoschambermusic/videos/833213023830393/?epa=SEARCH_BOX
Article about POTS in Goodwin University blog
https://www.goodwin.edu/enews/poetry-on-the-streets-ctra/
Interview about with Greater Hartford Arts Council
https://letsgoarts.org/improving-state-of-mind-an-interview-with-poetry-on-the-streets/
Poetry on the Streets has received grants and support from The Pollination Project, Greater Hartford Arts Council, CT Office of the Arts, National Arts Strategies, and The Barr Foundation
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From The Pollination Project:
"Every day we invest in projects that create a more sustainable, just, peaceful, and compassionate world. We believe in the power of people. All over the world, ordinary citizens are doing extraordinary things to make their communities and their world a better place. Our grantees are a testament to the unbreakable human spirit that is still alive and well all over the world. 365 days year, we give a grant to changemakers across the globe."