The National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation have partnered with state arts agencies to support the expansion of Poetry Out Loud, a program that encourages the nation’s youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation.
This event is free and open to the public. Hosted by the New Mexico Museum of Art and New Mexico Arts. In the St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art
Participating High Schools:
Arrowhead Park Early College HS, Las Cruces
Arrowhead Park Medical Academy, Las Cruces
Bosque School, ABQ
Clayton Schools, Clayton
La Cueva HS, ABQ
Native American Community Academy, ABQ
New Mexico School for the Arts, Santa Fe
Public Academy for the Performing Arts, ABQ
Rio Grande Preparatory Institute, Las Cruces
Taos HS, Taos
Participating Staff:
Event Coordinator and Mistress of Ceremonies/femcee - Jessica Helen Lopez, poet, educator, and former ABQ Poet Laureate
Judges - Valerie Martinez, NHCC Director of History and Literary Arts, former Santa Fe Poet Laureate
Hakim Bellamy - City of Albuquerque Deputy Director of Cultural Services and inaugural ABQ Poet Laureate
Karen Petersen - former combat photojournalist, poet, and five-time Pushcart Prize nominee
Prompter - Gene Case, Artist and writer
Phyllis Kennedy, NMPOL Coordinator