Engagement

Mobile Makerspace at Miller South School
The Mobile Makerspace visited Miller South School in Akron, Ohio

Big Read Northeast Ohio
An interactive online poetry project featuring Joy Harjo’s An American Sunrise, curated by Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson

Textures: Digital Green Book
TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair synthesizes research in history, fashion, art, and visual culture to reassess the “hair story” of peoples of African descent.

Poets for Science at the National Academy of Sciences
An installation of the Poets for Science exhibit is on view at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. from March 27, 2023 to September 8, 2023.

Art Matters at Arts Impact Ohio
A collaboration between the Ohio Arts Council and the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University. Created for the Ohio Arts Council’s Arts Impact Ohio conference in Akron, October 5-6, 2022, this creative, interactive platform invites Ohio artists, educators, and advocates to share their voice and vision for any art form or discipline.

Dear Ukraine at Washington National Cathedral
In recognition of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Wick Poetry Center is pleased to announce the installation of the Dear Ukraine global community poem exhibit in the Washington National Cathedral’s Center for Prayer and Pilgrimage.

Dear Ukraine at Severance Hall
In collaboration with the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America, the School of Peace and Conflict Studies at Kent State University, and Severance Hall

Global Vaccine Poem
Dear Vaccine is a global community poem, inviting all to share their voices to promote COVID-19 vaccination through the imaginative language of poetry.

Sacred Breath
The Wick Poetry Center, in collaboration with the Ohio Nurses Foundation, presents Sacred Breath: Ohio Nurses Respond to COVID-19.

CVNP Poetic Toolkit
This Poetic Toolkit invites teachers, writers, and community members to consider the stories of the first people in the valley, imagine the shaping of this place in geologic time, and reflect on the human history of the Ohio & Erie Canal.

Black Voices Matter Community Poem
Share your voice to the Black Voices Matter community poem.

Untranslatable: An Ode to the Mother Tongue
International Mother Language Day began in 2000 as a way to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.

AWP 2021: Beyond Sunrise
An Interactive Journal of our Pandemic Year.

Vote the Earth: Mapping a Community Poem
As the election approaches, we invite you to help inspire voters to put their love for the Earth behind the power of their vote—to #VotetheEarth.

Earth Stanzas Community Poem
An interactive online poetry project in honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in collaboration with the Center for Earth Ethics.