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DEBORAH MAGDALENA |
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Spoken soul festival 2010 March 26—March 28
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FESTIVAL MISSION In conjunction with The Fund for Women Artists, a non-profit arts service organization dedicated to helping women artists, and WITASWAN (Women in the Audiences Supporting Women Artists Now), some of South Florida’s art community leaders celebrate and support woman artists by hosting and producing Spoken Soul Festival 2010.The festival will feature three events: SWAN Community Program – Healing Through The Arts, SWAN Spoken Soul Showcase Vol. 3, and The Vanessa Baez Memorial Women's Brunch. SWAN Community Program – Healing Through The Arts; Answering President Obama’s call on “Organizing for America” featured artists and production give back to their community with SWAN Community Program – Healing Through The Arts by showing young women that arts heal and can also empower you to become a better you and live the best life you can. SWAN Spoken Soul Showcase Vol 3.; In celebration of SWAN Day (Support Women Artists Now Day) a new international holiday that celebrates women artists. SWAN Day will be an annual event, taking place on the last Saturday of Women’s History Month. The hopes of this artistic showcase is to gather funds and awareness for the featured local artists. The Vanessa Baez Memorial Women's Brunch - "Celebrating Everyday Women With Extraordinary Courage." The hopes of this artistic brunch is to provide an opportunity for women to not only celebrate the life of Vanessa Baez, but their own life and everyday women who succeed despite extraordinary challenges, providing an opportunity for businesswomen to network, and foster creativity through sharing and featuring fine art, poetry and a courageous guest speaker.
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Art · Design · Music · Spoken WordThree days of soulful, artistic, feminine celebration |
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Meet the Festival’s Production Team; The Poetic Seven Inspired by the celebration of SWAN Day (Support Women Artist Now) and the need for an event featuring women artists, founder Deborah Magdalena called her favorite women in the arts and production community to help her produce the annual Spoken Soul Festival.
The production team call themselves “Poetic Seven”; Rosa Marcelin, Michelle Massanet, Veronica Barrios Garcia, Deborah Magdalena, Aimee Novaton, Amy Baez, and Susan Alvarez .
To read the professional biography of the Poetic Seven visit www.spokensoulfestival.com
Above Poetic Seven Picture by Susan Alvarez
Right Spoken Soul Festival 2009 Poster by Ivette Oritz
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FOR FULL FESTIVAL EVENTS LISTINGS VISIT Friday March 26 2009 SWAN Community Program Empowerment Through The Arts
Saturday March 27, 2009 7pm SWAN Spoken Soul Showcase Vol. 3
Sunday March 28, 2009 11am – 2pm The Vanessa Baez Memorial Women's Brunch
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