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Marcos de la Fuente
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Marcos de la Fuente
New York-based poet and 3.0 performer Marcos de la Fuente is the head of POETRY+IA=ART, a collective that investigates the relationship between poetry and new technologies, and how the world of art is going to Metaverse, Blockchain, and VR.
AI engineer Ismael Faro, code programmer Mariel Martinez, and visual artist Vanesa Álvarez are the other members of the collective that seeks to create new aesthetics and artistic hybrids in the future paradigms of digital art.
theverseverse.com/poets/marcos-de-la-fuente
Warren C. Longmire
Warren is a writer, performer, and educator from the bad part of North Philadelphia. He hosts House Poet: A Spoken Word Dance Party and is the founder of _mixlit productions. Warren’s work has been published in journals including Cartridge Lit, The Cleveland Review of Books, The Painted Bride Quarterly, and The American Poetry Review. He was featured in the Best American Poetry 2021. His latest book, Bird/Diz [an erased history of bebop] (BUNNY Presse) was released in Nov. 2022. Warren is currently an MFA candidate in Poetry at the Iowa Writers Workshop.
ONE BOOK ONE NORRISTOWN
Promoting arts and literacy in the Norristown community
THEATRE HORIZON
Theatre Horizon’s mission is to use the transformative power of storytelling to foster empathy and to create an inclusive home for artists, audiences, and students alike. We stage stories that illuminate the full range of human experience, bring people together, connect students with theatre artists, and contribute to the revitalization of our diverse and underserved community in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
Founded in 2005 by Erin Reilly and Matthew Decker, Theatre Horizon has become an award-winning leader in the arts ecosystem across Montgomery County, Philadelphia region, and the country. In October 2012 we completed a $1 million capital campaign and opened our permanent home: a 123-seat blackbox theatre in the heart of Norristown’s Arts Hill District. Since moving to our new home, our services have attracted over 45,000 people to Norristown, making us an anchor of revitalization to the downtown area. Through our artistic productions, education programs, and community investment initiatives, Theatre Horizon is invested in the people of Norristown. Through our community-centric approach, we build long-term, sustainable relationships with Norristown community members by inviting them to become active participants in the artmaking and decision-making, instead of merely spectators.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
One Book One Norristown was rehearsed and performed at Theatre Horizon in Norristown, which stands on the territory known as “Lenapehoking,” the ancestral home of the Lenape people.
For the past 10,000 years, the Lenape have been the original caretakers and stewards of Lenapehoking—one of numerous tribes that comprised tens of millions of people residing on this continent prior to the invasion of European colonizers.
We recognize that Isaac Norris, Sr. — Norristown’s namesake — purchased land from the family of William Penn even though nobody “owns” Lenapehoking. We acknowledge that Isaac Norris, Sr. was a slaveholder who benefited from a system that captured, sold, and enslaved over 10 million Africans who were trafficked to various locations in North America, South America, and the Caribbean.
We acknowledge the 6 million African Americans that moved from the American South to the Northeast during The Great Migration and their roles in making places like Norristown a central hub for industry and retail. Finally, with a large Latinx population in Norristown—particularly people from Puerto Rico and Mexico—we acknowledge the past, present, and future legacies of the Taíno and Aztec peoples.
This land acknowledgement was written by Director of External Relations Gilberto Vega with advisement from Adam Waterbear DePaul and Barbara Bluejay Michalski of the Lenape Cultural Center.
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