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Artist	Discipline	About
DANIELLE DANIEL	Literary Arts	Artist educator Danielle Daniel encourages self-discovery, social interaction and free expression. She has worked with numerous schools and communities to promote cultural diversity. Danielle is an international performer, presenting storytelling...
FRANK SENTWALI	Literary Arts	Frank Sentwali is the creator of Edu-Poetic Enterbrainment, a Twin Cities’ spoken word and music ensemble. Frank has spent years in the education system as a tutor, teacher and mentor. He currently co-facilitates S.E.E.D. (Sentwali...
JOHN MINCZESKI	Literary Arts	John Minczeski is an award-winning poet and author of numerous collections and anthologies, including two anthologies of children's poetry. He has been a poet in schools for more than 30 years and is a frequent guest faculty in creative writing at...
KYLE MYHRE	Literary Arts	I am a spoken-word poet and hip hop artist and am available for workshops for either one. I've been Grand Poetry Slam champion of Minneapolis, Saint Paul and Madison, and took first place at the National Poetry Slam in 2009 and 2010 as part of...
MARIE OLOFSDOTTER	Literary Arts	Marie Olofsdotter is an artist, poet, author and illustrator of many books for children, including Sofia and the Heartmender, honored by a Mid-America Publishers Award and a Midwest Book Achievement Award. She has been working as a creative...
MILKWEED EDITIONS	Literary Arts	Milkweed Editions, founded in 1979, is one of the nation’s largest independent, nonprofit literary publishers and the only nonprofit publisher with a Young Reader series. Milkweed Editions partnered with Young Audiences in 2004 to begin...
TOU SAIKO LEE	Literary Arts	I was recently featured in the New York Times in a video documentary titled “Hmong Hip Hop Heritage” about my community work through hip-hop and collaboration with my grandmother performing traditional Hmong poetry chanting. As a Hmong...

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