Bringing
Poetry & People Together
ARTSPEAKS, established in 2012 is North Central Florida's premier poetry organization. Headquartered in Alachua County, Gainesville, FL.
Join us for our next event, the Bard & Broadside North Central Florida Poetry Festival
April 13 -16, 2023 in Gainesville, Florida.
ENCOURAGING CREATIVITIY
ARTSPEAKS is dedicated to promoting literacy, encouraging creativity, bringing awareness through Art Activism, and expanding ideas and opportunity by providing a medium for expression through the Art of Poetry, Spoken Word and Storytelling.
PRODUCES EVENTS
ARTSPEAKS produces three annual events and has showcased over 100 adult and youth poets from Alachua County, Marion County, Columbia, Hillsborough, Levy, Broward, Duval, Leon, and Suwannee, and has represented countries and nationalities from all over the world. Poets young and old have shared poems and expressions of life, that encapsulate what it truly means to be human and alive.
PROMOTES HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
ARTSPEAKS Promotes Healthy Communities through the intersection of Art and Mental Health, by exploring and utilizing the expressive and therapeutic uses of Poetry, Creative Writing, and Literature.
