Location:
Special Exhibition Galleries, Wieland Pavilion
Join community activist and
spoken word poet Tanya Cecelia Mitchell as she shares the voices of some of her
favorite African American poets including Nikki Giovanni, Maya Angelou, Kahlil
Gibran and others.
Miss Mitchell is active in the
Atlanta community, founder of the
SouthsideAfricanAmericanCulturalAwarenessCenter,
and spoken word poet. She has performed
for a variety of groups including the City of
Atlanta;
GeorgiaStateUniversity during the Photographic
Essay of the Civil Rights Era, photographed by Dr.
Doris
Derby; the studio of world-renowned designer, Jimi King;
Mount VernonBaptistChurch’s Women’s Day Tea; Studio 281;
the Lounge in Stone Mountain and the Renaissance Concourse Hotel in
College Park,
Georgia.
