Unmasked & Unbroken: Poetry, Art, and the Legacy of Resistance

Join poet Glenn North for an afternoon of spoken word and reflection inspired by Unmasked, an art installation that reimagines two groundbreaking 1935 anti-lynching exhibitions. Through poetry and commentary, North confronts the history of racial violence while honoring the artists and activists who raised their voices against it. This program invites us to reckon with the past and consider how art continues to illuminate the struggle for justice today.

Glenn North is the Director of Inclusive Learning & Creative Impact and Poet-in-Residence at The Museum of Kansas City. He received an MFA in Creative Writing from UMKC and is the author of City of Song, a collection of poems inspired by Kansas City’s rich jazz tradition He is a Cave Canem fellow, a Callaloo creative writing fellow and a recipient of the Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Award. He is the host of The Moth StorySLAM KC and A Frame of Mind, a podcast of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Glenn is also an adjunct English professor at Rockhurst University, and he is currently filling his appointment as the Poet Laureate of the 18th & Vine Historic Jazz District.

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