iliad Creative Celabration - 8/30/2023

iliad Creative Celebration 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 30 Hendershot’s Coffee

Meet the iliad Team

Ollie Hendershot

Cate DeMaria Managing Editor

Outreach Director

Sam Caspary

Margo McDaniel

Flannery Regan

Editor-in-Chief

Business Manager

Writing Director

Victoria Garland Social Media Coordinator

Niles Flath

Visuals Director

iliad Literary-Art Magazine Tonight’s event at Hendershot’s is a showcase for student content creators and fundraiser for our publication. Student contributors featured in the 2023 edition of our magazine, “Flourish”, will perform their published pieces. The showcase will also include several musical performances and readings from the Creative Writing Project, a project we facilitate for the ODYSSEY Media Group.

As a showcase for the creativity of Clarke Central students, we also hope to allow community members to learn more about the iliad and how to support our mission. During the evening, we hope to encourage donations while also highlighting student creativity.

Set List:

Olivia Hendershot: A welcome from the Editor-in-Chief Olivia Hendershot and Cate DeMaria: “What is the iliad?” presentation Angel Tejada: “That Old Weathered Door”, poem Margo McDaniel: “Ribcage”, poem Niles Flath: “For My Grandfather”, poem Cadence Schapker: “Deadbeat”, an open letter Jesse Dantzler: “One More Day”, original piano piece Intermission Anna Shaikun: “Orien”, poem Cooper Jones: “My World”, poem Abby Holloway: “Yes He’s Dead”, poem Ethan Caspary Poucher: iliad alumnus moderated Q&A Peter Atchley: “Arriving to Lartnec”, poem Molly Harwell: “Mirrors” ,poem Samaya Ellis: “First Place”, poem Aza Khan: “Code-switching culture”, essay Olivia Hendershot and Cate DeMaria: Alumni pieces Kimwell Jones: musical performance Cate DeMaria: Closing Remarks

This event was brought to you by Hendershot’s As part of Hendershot’s mission, we have always supported the local art and music scene. As an extension of that mission, we are happy to provide any resources and support that we can to in the iliad literary-art magazine, to help foster the next generation of our creative economy.

-Seth Hendershot, Owner

What is the iliad Literary-Art Magazine?

Mission Statement: The iliad literary-art magazine is a student-produced Clarke Central High School literary-art magazine. The iliad serves as a conduit of expression for creativity and passion for the CCHS student body, iliad staff and rising ninth graders from feeder schools. Each issue is an open public forum for student expression under the guidance of a faculty adviser.

Vision Statement: The iliad literary-art magazine seeks to be an inclusive platform for creative voices that represent the diversity of the Clarke Central High School student body. Programmatically, the iliad strives to provide a venue to develop student leaders and communicators.

Special Thanks to Jenn and Seth Hendershot, David Ragsdale, Ollie Hendershot, Cate DeMaria, Niles Flath, Sam Caspary, Margo McDaniel, Flannery Regan, and Victoria Garland Program contents compiled and edited by Cate DeMaria and David Ragsdale.

Cover designed by Bird Smith; Program designed by Cate DeMaria

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