Poetry Workshop Tomorrow - Registation Closes at 4 pm today

Pedagogy Study Hall: "The Spellcaster's Manual" Poetry Workshop with Ainsley Burrows and Laurielle Noel

October 30, 2025 5PM–7:30PM
CADVC at UMBC, 1st floor Fine Arts Bldg.
Free parking, info below
CADVC

Join poet Ainsley Burrows and producer Laurielle Noel for a hands-on poetry workshop that blends craft and performance. Ainsley Burrows is an award-winning poet twice named "Best International Performer" by London's Farrago Poetry Café, a competitor at the International Poetry Slam Championship in Munich, and an alum of TV One's Verses & Flow and BET's Lyric Café—bringing page, stage, and coaching expertise to the room. He has led performance workshops at The Juilliard School, coached the Nuyorican National Slam Team, and published multiple poetry collections, grounding his teaching in both craft and practice. Partnering with him, Laurielle Noel is a seasoned producer and arts organizer—the engine behind acclaimed cultural experiences like The Sweet Spot Burlesque, Statement 2024/2025 and Art Soiree—skilled in audience engagement, artist development, and live-program design. Together, they'll guide an adaptable session focused on elevating voice, presence, and purpose.

This is a free event, but please register at this LINK.

LINK to Directions, Free Parking, & Maps

This program is presented in connection with "Pedagogy Study Hall," a research project, exhibition, and publication by Tomashi Jackson and Nia K. Evans exploring the structures that sustain our cultural and educational systems.

This program is sponsored by the Wagner Foundation, the Maryland State Arts Council, the Baltimore County Commission on the Arts and Sciences and the Citizens of Baltimore County, and the Arts+ initiative at UMBC.

Our exhibitions and events are free and open to the public for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University's nondiscrimination policy.

Please contact cadvc@umbc.edu or 410-455-3188 and specify the nature of your request as soon as possible if you need specific accommodations for this event or to experience our gallery exhibition or online programs.

More info at https://cadvc.umbc.edu/