Freestyle Poetry Workshop with Hip Hop poet Toni Blackman
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Use Your Words and Rock the Vote!
World renowned hip-hop poet Toni Blackman will lead a workshop in the art of freestyle (improvised) rap at ArtsWestchester's gallery in downtown White Plains. Blackman, the first hip-hop ambassador to the U.S. State Department, is an award-winning artist who has performed alongside Erykah Badu and the Wu-Tang Clan. This event is offered in association with ArtsWestchester’s “Give Us The Vote” exhibition, which examines the state of voting rights in America today. The event will offer all day voter registration with “Rock the Vote”!
Online registration is closed. For more information and to RSVP, please email Aaron Paige or 914.428.4220, ext. 329.
This program is presented by conEdison as part of ArtsWestchester's Folk Arts Program, made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts.
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