JeannetteDrake.com - Readings, Workshops, Awards, Accomplishments

READINGS, WORKSHOPS, AWARDS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS

1977

September - Poetry Reading - The Second Expressions of Black Arts Festival, Richmond Chapter National Conference of Artists (RCNCA) Westminister Presbyterian Church

1978

February - Poetry Reading with Dennis Reid - Black History Month - Richmond Public Library Auditorium
September - Poetry Reading - The Third Expressions of Black Arts Festival (RCNCA) Westminister Presbyterian Church

1980

February - Poetry Reading- "An Afternoon of Inspiration" featuring Poetry and Music with Larry Bland and the Volunteer Choir - Richmond Public Library
October - Initiated "Images of the Black Family" Panel Discussion & exhibit at the Valentine Museum for February 1981 through RCNCA

1981

June - Poetry reading during Romare Bearden 1970 - 1980 Exhibition Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

1983

February- Poetry reading The Last Stop Gallery Shockoe Bottom
April - Poetry readings Armstrong High School Poetry readings George Wythe High School Facilitated Values/Attitudes Group at Peter-Paul Development Center- St. Peter's Episcopal Church
June - Poetry readings June Jubilee- City of Richmond

1985

April - Poetry reading -1708 East Main Poetry & Fiction Series

1987

April - Poet in the classroom John Marshall High School

1989

August - Teenage workshop on Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" -Providence Park Baptist Church 1990
September - Lecture/Symposium/Reading "The creative process" with Rayna Green and Susan Heroy Richard Bland of the College of William and Mary, Dinwiddie, VA

1991

February - Guest Speaker - Freedom Days Lecture - Ginter Park Elementary School
August - Conducted workshops in "Healing Through the Creative Word" at The Institute for Higher Healing, founded by Vernon Sylvest, MD.
September - Designed and conducted special literature project for incarcerated male juveniles at Hanover Detention Center, Virginia Department of Corrections
November - Poetry Workshop Dove Court Youth Council

1992

September - Expressive Arts (Poetry) with Adolescents Virginia Treatment Center
October - Recipient Individual Artist Award (Poetry) Virginia Commission for the Arts

1993

January - June - Creative Words Workshops - Tsihe Kevala Institute founded by Ram Bhaghat
February - Poetry Readings
- One Force Books Jackson Ward
- Chesapeake Poetry Festival, Chesapeake, VA
- First Grade St. Patrick Elementary School
- Thompson Middle School, Richmond, VA
February - March - Poet in the classroom - Armstrong High
April - Poetry Readings
- Lee Davis High School
- Virginia Union University
May - Poetry Readings
- Golden Age Club First Church of Newport News, VA
- George Wythe High School
- Armstrong High School
- Henderson Middle School
June - November - Healing through the Creative Word Workshops- Unity of Richmond
August - Lecture for young writers- Ernie McClintock's Jazz Actors Theater -Jewish Community Center
October - Recipient Individual Artist Award (Poetry) Virginia Commission for the Arts
October - December -Poet in the classroom -George Wythe
November - Facilitated One Church-One Child Workshop "Fear of Raising Someone Else's Child" - Marriott Hotel

1994

March - Featured in Style Weekly Cover Story- "VCU's Live Poets' Society
April - Poetry reading - Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA
October - Poetry readings - "Furious Flower" Conference honoring Gwendolyn Brooks, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
- "Cultural Equities", 17^th Annual Literary Festival at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
- Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA
- Poet in the classroom- Chimborazo Elementary
November - Poetry Reading - Writers Harvest: The National Reading A Benefit for Hunger Relief at Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Poet in the classroom - Patrick Henry Elementary
December - Career Day Speaker - Fairfield Elementary School

1995

February - Lecture - "Encountering Creative Spirit" - The Chrysalis Group, Martha Mabey Gallery
- Poetry reading -Chesapeake Poetry Festival, Chesapeake, Virginia
- Creative Writing Workshop for Children - Providence Park Baptist Church
March -Poetry Readings
- Huguenot High School
- George Wythe High School
- John Marshall High School
April -Poetry reading- Richmond Community High School
- Exhibited visual art in "City Expressions" Richmond City Hall
May -Creative writing class- "Let's Write with You!" - The Alchemist in Stony Point Shopping Center
- Poet in the classroom -Patrick Henry Elementary School
June - Poetry reading - Open Mike- "Keep the Lights for Literature Burning" Writers Festival, Chapel Hill
- Creative writing workshop for adults- Vacation Bible School - Providence Park Baptist Church
August- Poetry reading The Underground Café Shockoe Bottom
October - "Tides" Poetry Reading - WCVE Radio FM recorded from University of Richmond
- Poetry reading- John Marshall High School
- Poet in the classroom Mosby Middle School
- Read original short story for children October Festival Providence Park Baptist Church
October - November- Taught "Readings In Modern Southern Literature" as Professional Development Course for Richmond Public School Teachers (Richmond Arts & Humanities)
November -Poet in the classroom- Emotionally challenged and students with learning disabilities - Carver Elementary School
- Poetry Workshop - Fourth grade- Longan Elementary School
December - Poet in the classroom- Patrick Henry Elementary School

1996

January
- Poet in the classroom - Patrick Henry Elementary
February
- Poetry reading - Richmond Community High School
- Poet in the classroom - Blackwell Elementary School
- Poetry reading - Girl Scout troop Fourth Baptist Church
March
- Poetry Workshop - Mills Godwin High School
- Poetry readings - John Marshall High School, George Wythe High School, Professional development workshop Special education teachers throughout Richmond Metropolitan Area, University of Richmond - Sponsored by Partners of the Arts Lecture- Literature of the Harlem Renaissance - Thompson Middle School

1996

April - Poetry reading - Society for the Study of SouthernLiterature Conference , Omni Hotel, Richmond, VA
- Poetry workshops - John Marshall High School, John F. Kennedy High School, Huguenot High School
September- Taught creative writing Neighborhood School of the Arts - Ginter Park Presbyterian Church
October - Poetry reading Virginia Commonwealth University African American Alumni Talent Show
November - Professional Development Seminar for Richmond Public School Teachers -Arts & Humanities Center
- Poetry Reading -Norview High School, Norfolk, VA
- Writer in the classroom -Fisher Elementary -3^rd.grade
- Poetry Reading - Sixth grade Louisa County, VA
- Poetry Reading- Centennial Celebration First Baptist Newport News, VA
- Poetry Reading- Carriage House Coffee House Richmond
December- Poetry Seminar on Sixties Poetry- History Project Norrell Elementary School

1997

January-February - Taught creative writing - Neighborhood School of the Arts- Ginter Park Presbyterian Church
February - Poetry Reading for Young People- The Newsome House Museum, Newport News, VA - Delta Sigma Theta Project
March - Poetry reading and workshop at Young Writer's Conference, The Governor's School for Government and International Studies, University of Richmond
- Poetry reading/workshop - Richmond Community High School
- Poetry reading/workshop - John Marshall High School
- Poetry reading/workshop - Thomas Jefferson High School
April - Poetry reading/workshop - Thomas Jefferson High School
May - June - Poetry consultant - John Marshall High School Student Project
July - Poetry Reading - Edgar Allen Poe Museum
August - Poetry Reading - African Arts Cultural Center, Richmond
September - Poetry Reading - "Fruits of the Creative Spirit"- The Chrysalis Group - The First Unitarian ChurchTaught creative writing to Elementary and Middle School students at Neighborhood School of the Arts Ginter Park Presbyterian Church Poetry Reading with The Cezanne Trio, ArtSpace, Poetry Reading - The Chrysalis Group

1997

October- Poet in the classroom, Short Pump Middle School Sabrina Squire Reports on WWBT-NBC 12 Evening news

1998

March - Poetry workshop - Fifth grade Charles City Elementary School, Charles City, VA
May - November- Established creative writing expression adult group - Providence Park Baptist Church
October - Panel Participant "News from the Spirit" SecondPresbyterian Church, Richmond
December - Poetry workshops for Emotionally Challenged and students with Learning Disabilities Carver Elementary School

1999

February - Poetry reading -Brown Bag Lunch Program Richmond Public Library Auditorium Foyer
February - April - Provided expressive arts therapies (music, poetry, visual art for persons diagnosed with serious mental illness living in residential group homes. (RBHA)
- Poetry reading - Girl scout troop- FourthBaptist Church
March -Participant in Women's History's Month program with Sandra L.West, Dorothy Marie Rice and Lucille Mabel Walthall Payne - Maggie Walker House, Jackson Ward Poetry reading/workshop- Young Writers Conference The Governor's School for Government and International Studies, University of Richmond
April - Poetry Reading/discussion - Advanced English Students - Armstrong High School
- Poetry Reading/ discussion - Richmond Community High Poetry Month "Poetry Happening!" West End branch Richmond Public Library
June- Poetry reading- book signing for The Third Eye: Photographs by Jerome A. Bass - Goal Post Restaurant

July - Exhibited abstract drawings at the Carillon at Byrd Park and received a scholarship award from the Leonard E. B. Andrews Foundation

2000

March - Poetry reading and workshop - Young Writer's Conference, The Governor's School for Government and International Studies, University of Richmond
September - December -Taught poetry to high school students in the Zora Neale Hurston/ Richard Wright Saturday Academy at Virginia Commonwealth University
October- Poetry reading- Eric Schindler Gallery in Doubt/Faith Series curated by Leslie Shiel, Richmond, Virginia

2001

February - Poetry reading - 10^th Anniversary Celebration of Imani Ujimaa Literary Concepts ( IULC) Chesterfield, VA Poetry, Jazz and the Creative Process Workshop for teens - Richmond Public Library
January - Conducted "Healing through the Creative Word" groups - Twinridge Lane, Richmond, Virginia
March - June - Conducted creative expression groups for homeless mothers in transitional housing program Sponsored by The Chrysalis Group

2002

April - Lecture, poetry reading and workshops with students during "Celebration of the Arts" at Danville Community College, Danville, Virginia
- Poetry Reading- "Poetry Live!" - The Hand Workshop
- Poetry Reading- Ernie McClintock's Art Gallery
May - June - Conducted creative expression groups with homeless mothers living in Christian Ecumenical Transitional Housing Program -Sponsored by the Chrysalis Group)

2003

January - February - Conducted "Creative Expression Group" at Women's Diversion Center for Virginia Department of Corrections (Sponsored by the Chrysalis Group)
March - Established Literary Lions of Judah, a monthly creative writing and literature discussion group at Providence Park Baptist Church
June - Summer Dreamscape Workshop - Avalon Services Network Richmond, VA

2004

March - Read poetry of Mary Oliver at "Seeds of Renewal," A Chrysalis Group Spring Benefit - Bon Air Presbyterian Church Poetry reading and workshop, Young Writers Conference, The Governor's School University of Richmond
October - Poetry reading - "Voices of the Drum", WCLM 1450 AM Radio
November - Poetry and fiction reading, Literary Lions of Judah, Providence Park Baptist Church