Poet-in-residence
“Daughter”
Jasmine Mans was an invited poet to New Arts Justice for their inaugural 2023-24 Poet-in-Residence program.
The culmination of her time at Rutgers-Newark and the residency within Express Newark activated Shine Studios and the production resources available in the community space.
Credited below are staff and community members who supported digital poetry production and an exploration into the boundaries of poetry crossing into digital spaces, curated evenings, and workshops in the community.
My role as Program Coordinator
Event production and coordination for digital poetry production days, programming, workshop facilitation, marketing, and campaigns. Liaising between the artist and community organizers. Documentation of the residency. Procuring support and resources for the public-facing and administrative tasks
The Free Black Women’s Library
hosted workshops with New Arts Justice, a public art studio and provided books to hold time to sign books and convene
Black Girl, Call Home- for purchase through jasminemans.com
BTS: Digital Poetry Production
Digital Poetry
During the residency I worked with Nneka Julia to produce digital poetry that had been an interest of Jasmine as a way to build out a portfolio during the residency and to create a sustainable practice of blending visual curation and poetry in a sharable and community building format.
This was a success as we’ve reached over 1 million subscribers and new audience members in engagement with the poetry content
Videos Linked Below
Newark
Highlighting the sites and scenes of Newark in the downtown area, sourcing locations that feel familiar and like the community.
Film Credits:
Poet: @poetjasminemans
Director / DP / Editor: @nnekaj
Residency: @newartsjustice
PA: @theurbnsloth @alliyaha_
MUA: @aleedeion_
Sound: Babas Denis, Tech Multimedia Coordinator for Express Newark @cmcexpressnewark
My Mother Told Me
Navigating the dynamics of motherhood and daughterhood, Jasmine is exploring what it means to grow with pains and take on authority in one’s voice and journey
Film Credits:
Poet: @poetjasminemans
Director / DP / Editor: @nnekaj
Residency: @newartsjustice
PA: @theurbnsloth @alliyaha_
MUA: @aleedeion_
Sound: Babas Denis, Tech Multimedia Coordinator for Express Newark @cmcexpressnewark
Betrayal
Betrayal takes on reflecting inward and calling out behaviour and past patterns that have shaped relationships, earning and working towards joy within the complexities of being human and wanting love
Film Credits:
Poet: @poetjasminemans
Director / DP / Editor: @nnekaj
Residency: @newartsjustice
PA: @theurbnsloth @alliyaha_
MUA: @aleedeion_
Sound: Babas Denis, Tech Multimedia Coordinator for Express Newark @cmcexpressnewark
Workshops and Community Outreach
Reaching Jasmine’s Newark family, friends, and fans was equally spread to NYC through the Free Black Women’s Library
Projects + People
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Envisioned by Dr. Salamishah Tillet as the director of the Public Art Studio, the residency was inspired by the Guggenheim’s introduction of poetry and performance into their galleries as a way to activate the community and elevate the visitor experience.
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Bridging performance and audience, we are reaching into the community and the internet to reach long-time fans with new work inspired by the residency and allowing visual curation to take charge in the storytelling of Jasmine’s poetry- an evolution of her craft and narration
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The Free Black Women’s Library hosted a poetry workshop Jasmine designed to focus on voice, senses, and experience adding color to the mother daughter dynamic and reshaping lived experiences to work as therapy and a reflection of hope and grievance
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“Daughter”
As being the title and the thematic base of her residency developed a narrative of her experience as a daughter to explore complex family relationships and the growth of a woman through her life of child to woman, daughter to mother- through the lens of Newark, NJ and queerness