Westwood Poet Laureate Receives 2005 Grant for Poetry in the Schools and the Community

Westwood Poet Laureate Lynne Viti has received a grant for $1900 from the Westwood Cultural Council in collaboration with the Mass. Cultural, for the poet laureate poetry programs in the Westwood public schools and the community during 2005.

The grant will fund workshops and poetry performances by Massachusetts  poets in   the Westwood Schools, grades K-12, the fourth consecutive annual Teen Poetry Slam at Westwood High, and several poetry events at the Westwood Library during the year. The first of these will be an early Black History Month kickoff event for students and staff, a January 31 interactive reading at the Westwood High library, by Charles  Coe. An adjunct professor of poetry in the MFA program at Salve Regina University, and the author of six books of poetry and a novella, the multi-talented  Coe is also a singer and musician.

The mission of the Mass. Cultural Council is to advance “the Commonwealth’s creative and cultural sector by celebrating traditions and talents, championing its collective needs, and equitably investing public resources.The Council pursues this mission through a wide range of grants, initiatives, and advocacy for artists, communities, organizations, and schools.” To learn the ways  Mass. Cultural Council supports its mission, go to  https://massculturalcouncil.org. To learn about poetry events in Westwood in 2005, go to Viti’s website, https://wordpress.com/page/lynneviti.wordpress.com/6637