The Art Box - Episode 250 - "Broken Silence" - Meet Clark County Poet Laureate Ms. AyeVee

Mesquite had the honor of hosting Clark County, Nevada Poet Laureate Ms. AyeVee (Ashley Vargas) last Tuesday. She captivated the audience as the November guest for the Brown Bag Cultural Series at the Mesquite Fine Arts Center, followed by a special visit to the Mesquite Works STEAM Center to record the milestone 250th episode of The Art Box podcast.

Steve first connected with Ashley during the creation of the Modern Desert Markings project, an exhibition at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art sponsored by Nevadans for Cultural Preservation through grants from the Nevada Arts Council and Nevada Humanities. Her evocative work, Poem for the Ages, was prominently featured in the exhibit and revisited in The Art Box Episode 91.

Ashley "Ms.AyeVee" Vargas is an award-winning Afro-Latina Literary Artist from Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a woman of many hats with a passion for Poetry. Her work has been featured by The legendary All Def Poetry, Write About Now & Button Poetry. She has also been recognized by the Las Vegas Book Festival, Nevada Public Radio, & The US Congress for advancing the cause of literacy & extraordinary literary achievement. In 2022, Ms. AyeVee was selected as an official TEDx speaker for Las Vegas. She also runs a Las Vegas-based poetry organization, Beyond the Neon (@btnpoetry), focusing on poetry-exclusive events and community outreach.

You can follow Ms. AyeVee at: https://linktr.ee/Msayevee