Alex El Dahdah (born in Byblos, Lebanon - lives in Baltimore, MD.) is a filmmaker and visual artist primarily focusing on collective identities, space, and memory themes. His oeuvre encompasses independent films, video art, photography, and graphic prints, examining introspectively ancestry, linguistic metaphors, and expressions of faith and identity. El Dahdah's work has been screened and exhibited in numerous film festivals and galleries in major cities such as Los Angeles, Saint Petersburg, Mumbai, Beijing, Tokyo, London, and Montreal.
Dr. Khadijah Ali-Coleman's Keynote Address at Prince George's Community College (Fall 2022)
Khadijah Ali-Coleman presents the keynote address during the Fall 2022 New Student Convocation at Prince George's Community College
Year: 2022
Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman, Ed.D. is currently the 2023 Poet Laureate of Prince George's County, MD. She is a cultural curator with over 20 years of applied experience transforming places into arts and educational spaces. She is award-winning performance artist Khadijah Moon, and a multi-genre writer who is a producing playwright and filmmaker. Her plays have been staged, workshopped and read on dozens of stages, including the John F. Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage, Baltimore Theatre Project and Anacostia Arts Center. Dr.
My interest in art began to develop when my 10th grade art teacher required us to maintain a sketchbook of our own original ideas. It was the first time I was given space to communicate my love and observations of my own black girl experience in public spaces. I found that visual art gave me a space to express myself, while everywhere else required my silence. I earned my BFA at Virginia Commonwealth University, and pursued my Masters at Maryland Institute College of Art.
Someday I"ll Love Rejjia Loreal Camphor
Spoken Word Poetry Performance
Official Submission for the 2018 Baltimore Youth Poet Laureate Competition
Official Submission for the 2018 Baltimore Youth Poet Laureate Competition
Medium: Poetry
Year: 2018
Details: 1 Minute, 52 Seconds
Rejjia Camphor is a Transdisciplinary Eclectic Artist, Organizer and Teacher from Baltimore, Maryland. She currently serves as a Creative Writing Instructor for Writers In Baltimore Schools, a Baltimore Youth Film Arts Fellow at Johns Hopkins and is the Founder of the environmental community project, Sister Stream Catcher. She earned a BA degree in Creative Writing, Visual Culture and Women’s Studies from Hampshire College in 2020.
Nowhere Live! We're All Dead
Self produced with the aid of musicians & friends as a way to deal with the isolation & desperation of the pandemic. Over an hour and a half of performances, sketches, & talks about the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, & how they influenced our lives & us as musicians. Hopefully, this humorous honor to America's First & Finest Jam Band will be seen as a respected tribute by Deadheads around the multiverse.
Medium: video
Year: 2021
Details: 1:39:17
"In the Froth" & "Irrigate Well"
Jul 18, 2021 #mentalhealthawareness #depression #SelfLove
Black is the New Black (Say it Louder / Stroud Against Racism) Program 2/27/2021
If you are coping with depression, I share a few of my poems in this 5-minute video performance, which I hope will encourage you.
The poems are:
1) "In the Froth" (poem)
2) Me singing a verse of Amazing Grace as a segue (I personally find the song soothing. So I've shared the verse with you)
3) "Irrigate Well" (poem)
#mentalhealthawareness
#disabilityawareness
#selfcare
#depression
#SelfLove
#encouragement
#affirmations
Black is the New Black (Say it Louder / Stroud Against Racism) Program 2/27/2021
If you are coping with depression, I share a few of my poems in this 5-minute video performance, which I hope will encourage you.
The poems are:
1) "In the Froth" (poem)
2) Me singing a verse of Amazing Grace as a segue (I personally find the song soothing. So I've shared the verse with you)
3) "Irrigate Well" (poem)
#mentalhealthawareness
#disabilityawareness
#selfcare
#depression
#SelfLove
#encouragement
#affirmations
Medium: Performance Poetry - Video
Year: 2021
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A performance poem nominated by IceFloe Press for the 2021 Pushcart Prize.
Medium: Performance Poetry
Year: 2020