Provider Details
Provider: Unique Robinson
Contact Details
Address
5947 Leith Walk
Baltimore, MD 21239
Baltimore, MD 21239
Teaching Artist
Unique Mical Robinson is a poet, MC, award-winning educator, and proud Baltimore City native. She received her MFA in English/Creative Writing from Mills College, and a BA in Creative Writing/Black Studies from Hampshire College. She has performed for over 20 years throughout the US and Havana, Cuba (primarily, Western Massachusetts, New York City, and Oakland, CA), and has a background in Community Organizing and national Reproductive Justice work. Robinson is a lifelong activist, consistently working within communities to promote change through creativity. Upon returning home in 2015, Unique began working as a Teaching Artist and administrator with various Baltimore nonprofits. In 2016, Unique became Faculty in MICA's Humanistic Studies Department, and is now the Director of MICA’s MFA in Community Arts Program. Still, Unique continues to teach poetry & performance through residency workshops with K-12 students in Baltimore City.
Events and Programs Offered
#KnowYourHistory: Where Poetry Meets US History Workshop (In-Person or Virtual)
This arts integrated workshop will help students to unpack and understand world history subjects in a creative and engaging way, via poetry and performance. Unique Robinson will collaborate with the world history, US History, or Social Studies teachers at City Schools and charter schools to…
Program/Event Format:
In School Residency, In School Workshop
Art Forms:
Theater, Storytelling, Creative Writing
Who Am I?: Where Poetry Meets Visual Art & Identity Workshop (In-Person)
This engaging and interactive workshop is taught by Unique Robinson, a Baltimore born poet & professor with over 20 years of performance experience. Students will produce self-portraits using poetry as a tool for understanding one’s identity. Students then have the option to translate these words…
Program/Event Format:
In School Residency, In School Workshop
Art Forms:
Visual Art and Design, Theater, Creative Writing