We're excited to announce that May's #cmcreate speaker is
@asiahmae !
AsiahMae, stylized A$iahMae, (they/she) is a spirit of curiosity first, and immediately after a Black, Southern, Non-binary writer, cultural worker, and steward of the land. A trans-disciplinary artist, their background spans across film, curation, production, performance, and language arts. Their work is a series of evolving attempts to love, document, pay homage to, and preserve The Black South and themself, in tandem.
A$iahmae is a Watering Hole Fellow and has had their work featured in The Gibbes Museum of Art, Spoleto Festival USA, The Festival of Words: LA, and in “This is The Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets,” curated by Kwame Alexander, among others. They are currently serving as the Second Poet Laureate of Charleston, SC.
