Residences at Vantage Point Hosts Popular Musician Seth Kibel

Residences at Vantage Point launches its Arts & Culture Collective Spring series focusing on “The Creative Process” with eclectic musician Seth Kibel on Tuesday, April 9, from 7-8 p.m., in the Vantage Point auditorium. The event is free. Registration is required.

The Arts & Culture Collective was established by the Residences at Vantage Point in response to community members’ interest in hosting public activities that engage and educate as well as entertain. This Spring, Vantage Point’s three-part series will feature a musician, a poet and a teaching artist discussing the process by which they develop and execute their creative output.

On April 9, from 7-8 p.m., popular performer Seth Kibel, one of the Mid-Atlantic’s premier woodwind specialists, will be featured. Kibel works with klezmer, jazz, swing and other bands, playing the saxophone, clarinet and flute. He is a performer with The Kleztet, Bay Jazz Project, Music Pilgrim Trio, The Natty Beaux and more. He is the winner of 28 Washington Area Music Awards (Wammies), including “Best World Music Instrumentalist” and “Best Jazz Instrumentalist.” Kibel released his Clown With A Stick album in 2023.

Poet Karen Arnold will take the stage April 23, 7-8 p.m., to read her work and discuss the power of poetry. Arnold spent 10 years as Poet-in-Residence at Montpelier Cultural Arts Center in Laurel and served as creator and moderator of veterans’ reading and discussion groups sponsored by Maryland Humanities, Baltimore libraries and cultural centers. She has taught at universities in the US, Sweden and Norway. She is the author of Border Crossings and Looking for Disappearance.

The final presentation in the series, on Tuesday, April 30, 7-8 p.m., will showcase Vanita Leatherwood. Leatherwood is a teaching artist, award-winning poet and social change educator with over 30 years of experience in facilitating expressive-arts workshops that awaken creativity, foster personal discovery and build community. She is the owner of The YES Within and the Director of Community Engagement at HopeWorks where she facilitates poetry therapy sessions for survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence.

To register for individual sessions call 410-995-9743, or register at https://www.vantagepointresidences.org/arts/.