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Submitted by Deep Center
April 29, 2025 – Deep Center is inviting the entire community to join us for a Spring Showcase, an afternoon of storytelling, art, poetry, and jazz, as we celebrate youth from our Block by Block, Young Author Project and SLAM programs. Deep Center youth will be joined on stage by youth musicians from the Savannah Music Festival Jazz Academy to showcase their original poetry and compositions. The event is completely free, family-friendly, and open to the public.
What: Voices in Bloom: Spring Showcase
When: Sunday, May 18, 2025
TIME: 4 PM – 6 PM
Location: Victory North
2603 Whitaker Avenue, Savannah, GA 31401
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/2s3c6p95
“Deep Center’s Spring Showcase event is a time for us to bring together youth, their families, and our larger community to celebrate the accomplishments of young artists from across Savannah,” says Executive Director, Dr. Holly Whitfield. “We’ll be hearing from writers, poets, and musicians who have challenged themselves to grow in their creative expression and are ready to step into the spotlight.”
The Deep Center runs the Young Author Project in 13 of Savannah’s public middle and high schools. All participants take part in a rigorous series of after-school writing workshops throughout the semester. Workshops are taught by volunteer Writing Fellows, who are themselves dedicated creative writers. Deep Center’s Block by Block program invites high school students to discover the complexity of Savannah’s past, while simultaneously developing their own creative voice through writing, visual arts, cultural experiences, and exploration of their community. The SLAM team takes creative writing to the stage with dynamic spoken word compositions that are performed locally and nationally.
“The youth in Deep’s programs are powerful storytellers and changemakers. This showcase is a celebration of their voices, their leadership, and their creativity,” says Director of Youth Programs, Kalima Harris. “We are inspired by their courage and support them in fully engaging with this process of self-discovery. We look forward to being in community with our village, as we uplift our youth and affirm to them that they are heard, seen, supported, and loved. ”
To register for the free event: https://tinyurl.com/2s3c6p95
For any questions, contact writewithus@deepcenter.org.
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Deep Center’s mission is to empower Savannah’s young people to thrive as learners, community leaders, and agents of change. Through creative writing, cultural production, and art, Deep creates platforms for the city’s youth and the village of support around them, including their families and adult allies, to share stories, engage in debates, and make Savannah a more just and equitable place.
Learn more at: deepcenter.org
Deep Center receives funding and support in part from the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Chatham County Board of Commissioners, the City of Savannah, the Georgia Council for the Arts, the Heising-Simons Foundation, the Hodge Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the United Way of the Coastal Empire, South Arts, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and many other generous institutions and individuals.