MiMi Zannino, poet-in-residence with the Maryland State Arts Council since  1989, offers creative writing workshops in elementary, middle, and high school classrooms as well as in hospital settings, after-school programs, and with adult audiences.  Workshops focus on integrating Environmental Science, History, and Language Arts curriculum within Fine Arts lesson plans for drama and literary arts. 

MiMi's "performance poetry" offers a motivational presentation leading into a recitation workshop which helps students speak more effectively in front of an audience.  Her performance poem "By the Sea" engages students with sensory images from the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.  Her program helps students improve word choices by focusing on descriptive details found in the flora and fauna of our region.  Students explore ways to create "a calm mood" based on vivid nouns, verbs, and adjective phrases connected to our environment, leading them to compose original poems and recite them with confidence and with a greater command of our language.

An historical portrayal, "Emily Dickinson LIVE!", prepares audiences to compare and contrast the culture, the time-period, and the literary style of this 19th century American poet with the 21st century American poet--MiMi Zannino.  Through this interactive one-woman play, written and performed by MiMi Zannino, audience members have an opportunity to ask questions and explore the source of inspiration for the nearly 2,000 poems created by this stellar American literary figure referred to as "The Mother of American Poetry".

Contact MiMi Zannino
email:  mimimsac@yahoo.com
phone: 443-528-6464