“Unscripted 2.0” with Hannah Hasan

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When:
February 16, 2022 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
2022-02-16T17:30:00-05:00
2022-02-16T18:30:00-05:00
Where:
The Lawn at Van Wezel Hall
777 N Tamiami Trail
Sarasota
FL 34236
“Unscripted 2.0” with Hannah Hasan @ The Lawn at Van Wezel Hall

“Unscripted 2.0”
with Hermitage Fellow Hannah Hasan

Presented in partnership with the Van Wezel Foundation

Wednesday, February 16 @ 5:30 pm

The Lawn at Van Wezel Hall (Entrance at 777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236)

Unscripted is a unique collaboration between the Van Wezel Foundation and the Hermitage Artist Retreat in which audiences share an interactive encounter with an award-winning Hermitage artist, inviting audiences to be an active part of the experience by responding to a prompt as part of the program. Following a successful virtual season in 2020-2021, “Unscripted 2.0” launches in person with celebrated poet and storyteller Hannah Hasan.

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Registration is required. $5 per person.

Hermitage Fellow Hannah Hasan is an award-winning spoken word poet, speaker, and storyteller who believes that our stories can set us free. With themes that center home, social justice, racial justice, women’s rights, and more, Hasan is often commissioned to write and perform, present keynote addresses, and facilitate workshops for events, conferences, and meetings. She has been engaged to write, perform, speak, and facilitate by numerous government agencies, non-profit organizations and charities, colleges and universities, start-ups, small businesses, and large corporations such as The Arts for Biden National Campaign, The Office of Community Services, Coffee Cup People, National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations, Verizon, Levine Museum of the New South, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Promise Neighborhoods of Lehigh Valley, Brown University, Davidson College, the City University of New York Journalism School, and many others. Hasan has a specialized talent for creating safe and brave spaces for audiences. She has been awarded grants, fellowships, awards, and accolades for her work from organizations like The Arts and Science Council, Mobilize.Org, The Knight Foundation, Citizen’s University, The Hermitage Artist Retreat, and more. She also serves on multiple community advisory boards for organizations such as The Charlotte Symphony, Levine Museum of The New South, and The Charlotte Observer. For a complete bio, visit: www.HannahHasan.com