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Place-Based Poetry Workshop for Older Adults w/ BAC Artist-in-Residence s.e. zelalem
Place-Based Poetry Workshop for Older Adults w/ BAC Artist-in-Residence s.e. zelalem
DATE & TIME: Friday, October 3, 2025 10AM – 12PM
LOCATION: Bethany Arts Community
FREE Community Program!
Join BAC Artist-in-Residence poet s.e zelalem in a place-based poetry writing workshop. We will read poets like Ross Gay and Dean Atta to ask, “What makes a place a home? How do the different places and communities you have encountered make up a unique composite life?”
There will be time for writing poetry, as well as sharing works written in class. For Older Adults, ages 55+. All experience levels welcome!
ABOUT s.e. zelalem
s.e. zelalem is an Ethiopian-American poet from Virginia, based out of Brooklyn. She has a background in performance and slam (CUPSI 2018-2019). A Watering Hole fellow, her publications available and upcoming include Brooklyn Poets (2023 Yawp Poem of the Year), the Black Fox Fall 2024 Prize, and the “Race, Culture and Space” anthology edited by Marlon Ross and K. Ian Grandison.
This event is a Fall Multidisciplinary Residency Community Program. As part of a residency at BAC, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather, engage, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partners. Learn more about this year’s Fall Multidisciplinary Residency & s.e. zelalem here!
Our 2025 Fall Multidisciplinary Residency is proudly sponsored by Cedar’s
