Building
the Victoria Spoken Word Festival
This is the fourth year for the Victoria
Spoken Word Festival – bringing together more than dozen spoken word artists
from across Canada to be the Festival Ensemble, plus spotlight performances by RC
Weslowski, Mighty Mike McGee, Jeremy Loveday, 2 Dope Boys and this year’s Poet
of Honour Barbara Adler.
But what about the many artists that work
behind the scenes to make the festival look and feel as it does? Let’s shine
the spotlight on them:
Graphic
Designer – Meags Fitzgerald
People’s first impression of an event comes
from spotting the poster in the street, or picking up a flyer, or seeing the
event on Facebook. So, the role of the graphic designer is absolutely vital.
This is second year that the fantastic Meags Fitzgerald has designed the look
for the festival (she also designed the 2012 festival).
Meags is an illustrator, designer and
exhibiting artist. She holds a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Degree in Drawing
and a Post-Degree Certificate in Design. She also does awesome things with photobooths,
and is currently writing and illustrating a graphic novel, Photobooth: A Biography.
Website: http://www.meagsfitzgerald.com/
Website:
Photographer
– Casey Bennett
If a designer is the audience’s first
impression, then the photographer is the audience’s last impression – capturing
the memorable moments and giving them back to the audience.
Casey is a local event photographer. You can usually catch him behind the lens at live shows and festivals such as Rifflandia and TEDxVictoria. His specialty is protraits - see his street portraits on his website - and this year he'll be capturing each of our festival ensemble poets in their own portrait as well as live performances.
Website: http://caseybennettphotographer.com/
Director
– Dave Morris
The final product of the festival is the
Finale: Inside Story – a show completely conceived , written and developed in
one day. But in order to do this, and make it something wonderful on the other
end, you need someone to herd the cats, to shape the vision and to guide the
artists in collaboration.
That someone is Dave Morris. Perhaps best
known in Victoria as a master improviser and leader of award-winning Paper
Street Theatre, this is Dave’s second year as the Director of the Finale. He
brings his ability to create instantly, his willingness to take risks and fail
joyfully, and his love of collaboration to help guide the ensemble.
Website: http://davemorrisisa.com/
PS - Dave is also the web designer for the festival
– go check out his work, and the poets themselves in the Poet Gallery at www.victoriaspokenwordfestival.com
Tickets are on sale now for the Victoria
Spoken Word Festival: http://ticketrocket.org/victoria-spoken-word-festival-2/
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