The Ringling Museum
5401 Bay Shore Road
Historic Asolo Theatre
Sarasota, FL 34243
United States
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Join special guest Ada Limón, Poet Laureate of the United States, to recognize and celebrate the inaugural Sarasota Youth Poet Laureate and program finalists for the 2022-2023 school year.
The Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County, along with partnering sponsors Bookstore1 Sarasota and The Ringling Museum, will present the very first Sarasota Youth Poet Laureate and program finalists at their inaugural awards ceremony on Monday, November 7, 2022 at 5:30 PM.
The ceremony will take place on stage of the Historic Asolo Theatre at The Ringling Museum and will include the presentation of the 2022-2023 Sarasota Youth Poet Laureate, remarks from community leaders, and poetry readings from Ada Limón and program finalists. A book signing event with Ms. Limón and reception will follow.
Ada Limón
Ada Limón is the twenty-fourth U.S. Poet Laureate as well as the author of The Hurting Kind and five other collections of poems.
An astonishing collection about interconnectedness—between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ourselves—from U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón.