A Collage Of Creative Voices

Ruthie Brown performing at last year's Aspen Words Youth Poetry Slam. Brown won the slam the last two years in a row.

A Collage Of Creative Voices: Reflections From One Young Writer On Spoken Word And Prose Through The Pandemic

Kirsten Dobroth

As part of our series “Young Artists: A Collage of Creative Voices” about how local kids have kept creating during the pandemic, arts and culture reporter Kirsten Dobroth spoke with two-time Aspen Words Youth Poetry Slam winner Ruthie Brown, and sent this audio postcard.

Sam Stableford is a hip-hop dancer from Carbondale. He spent the spring teaching a hip-hop class with Dance Initiative for elementary school kids at The Launchpad.

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A Collage Of Creative Voices: One Carbondale Middle Schooler Inspires Others To Keep Dancing Through The Pandemic

Kirsten Dobroth

As part of our series “Young Artists: A Collage of Creative Voices” about how local kids have kept creating during the pandemic, arts and culture reporter Kirsten Dobroth sent this audio postcard from a Dance Initiative hip-hop class at The Launchpad in Carbondale.

Roaring Fork High School senior Danny Carreno and his mentor through the Art Base's Claudette Carter ARTMentors program, Reina Katzenberger.

Arts & Culture

A Collage Of Creative Voices: A Mentorship Sparks Visual Art For One High School Senior

Kirsten Dobroth

As part one in our series “Young Artists: A Collage of Creative Voices” about how local kids have kept creating during the pandemic, arts and culture reporter Kirsten Dobroth sent this audio postcard from Reina Katzenberger’s Carbondale studio, The Project Shop.