Porque Venimos de Todo: Poesía de Denny 2017
Porque Venimos de Todo: Poesía de Denny 2017 is the culmination of a project with Jack Straw artists in residence and students from the eighth grade Dual Language Spanish Immersion program at Denny International Middle School in Seattle, Washington during the spring of 2017.
Denny students and staff come from diverse backgrounds and represent many different countries. During this program, students in the Dual Language Reading and Writing classes worked with Washington State Poet Laureate and Jack Straw Board Member Claudia Castro Luna to capture through poetry the idea that it doesn’t matter where we come from, we are all part of this country. Vocal coaches Katya Davida Landau, Alyssa Keene, and Fernando Luna worked with the students to encourage them to share their poems out loud and build confidence in the power of their voices. Audio technicians Daniel Guenther and CJ Lazenby helped the vocal coaches record the students in the professional studios at the Jack Straw Cultural Center.
Porque Venimos de Todo: Poesía de Denny 2017 es la culminación de un proyecto con artistas en residencia de Jack Straw con estudiantes del programa de inmersión de octavo grado de Denny International Middle School en Seattle, Washington durante la primavera de 2017.
Los estudiantes y personal de Denny tienen diversos orígenes y representan muchos países diferentes. Durante este programa, los estudiantes de lectura y escritura en español trabajaron con la Poeta Laureada de Washington y miembro del consejo de administración de Jack Straw, Claudia Castro Luna, para capturar por medio de poemas la idea de que no importa de donde venimos, somos todos parte de este país. Los entrenadores de voz Katya Davida Landau, Alyssa Keene, y Fernando Luna trabajaron con los estudiantes para animarlos a compartir sus poemas en voz alta y cultivar la confianza en el poder de sus voces. Los técnicos de audio Daniel Guenther y CJ Lazenby ayudaron a los entrenadores de voz a grabar a los estudiantes en los estudios profesionales del Centro Cultural de Jack Straw.
Porque Venimos de Todo: Poesía de Denny 2017 was produced by Jack Straw Cultural Center and Denny International Middle School with generous support from: the Washington State Arts Commission, the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture through the Civic Poet, Creative Advantage, and individual donors. Special thanks to the students of Denny’s eighth grade Spanish immersion program, teacher Liz Olsen; the art team leader, Lida Enche-Keene; librarian Jeff Treistman, and Denny Principal Jeff Clark, who helped make this project possible.
Jack Straw artist team : Seattle Civic Poet Claudia Castro Luna; vocal coaches Katya Davida Landau, Alyssa Keene, and Fernando Luna; audio technicians Daniel Guenther and CJ Lazenby; web designer Levi Fuller; and the Jack Straw Executive Director, Joan Rabinowitz.
Artists
Claudia Castro Luna
Claudia Castro Luna is an Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate fellow (2019), WA State Poet Laureate (2018 – 2021) and Seattle’s inaugural Civic Poet (2015-2018). She is the…
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