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Poetry At The Hunter Explores Two Iconic Black Creatives

“Portrait of James Baldwin” by Beauford Delaney.
Hunter Museum / Knoxville Museum of Art
“Portrait of James Baldwin” by Beauford Delaney.

Rhyme N Chatt is a place for poetry from the community for the community here in Chattanooga.

Since 1999, the group hosts open mic sessions free for the public to participate and enjoy.

Marsha Mills is Rhyme N Chatt’s president - and on Thursday, starting at 6 PM, she will be one of the poets at the Hunter Museum for “Vision + Verse: Delaney and Baldwin” - a poetic exploration of the friendship between two Black creatives: Knoxville-born painter Beauford Delaney, whose work is now on display at the Hunter - and writer James Baldwin.

Beauford Delaney in 1952.
Carl Van Vechten / Library of Congress
Beauford Delaney in 1952.
Members of Rhyme N Chatt.
Hunter Museum of American Art
Members of Rhyme N Chatt.

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