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Azure Antoinette is a poet, spoken word artist and millennial and arts education advocate whose performance poetry explores the ways social media is reshaping humanity.
Antoinette is the founder and CEO of The Aalchemik Collective, a creative talent incubator which houses Aalchemik Apparel, a free-trade clothing line centered around positive messaging and the human ability to be both passionate and indecisive; Aalchemik Press, an independent publishing house for poetry and narrative literary work; and EGAMI Collective, a visual art incubator curated to support urban photography, graffiti, muralist and street art.
She is also the founder of STUDIO: alchemy, the official non-profit of The Aalchemik Collective. STUDIO: alchemy is an arts education organization which provides young millennials, ages 15-22, with the opportunity to discover their own passions from a team of gifted, original teaching artists. For these projects and many others, Antoinette was included in Forbes' “100 Most Powerful Women in the World” issue in 2012 and was featured in a special section titled "Women Helping Women."
As a published poet, Azure Antoinette is the author of three titles: BitterSweet, Commissioned, Commissioned: the Back Story and a yet to be named publication. Antoinette believes that we should all strive to do what we love for a living and she can be found living by her mantra, “Do What You Love and Love What You Do” for every day is never ordinary but always brilliant— and always alchemy.
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Pursuing Your Passion: The Importance of Doing What You Love
Commissioned Poems
Azure Antoinette will present a five- to seven-minute poem to open or close (or both) your conference. She takes a word, a thought, a picture, an emotion, and client feedback to customize a poem that she then presents in spoken word. It's a powerful, unique way to kick off or wrap up the event – with a poem your audience will never forget.
Humanity's Changing Face: Coping with the Human Condition Gone Viral
When was the last time you sent someone a note that you hand wrote, addressed, and mailed? How about the last time you personally received a letter from a close friend? These days, everything is electronic. There is no problem with the efficiency of electronic communication, which has made life simpler, faster, and more efficient. However, there is an underlying question: Has the human condition gone viral? This keynote is a conversation topic and a moment to remind ourselves about the basics, like holding hands or remembering to embrace face-to-face communication. Azure Antoinette opens and ends this 45-minute session with her acclaimed poem "Humanity."
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