WeAreCalgary's Featured Calgarian, Wakefield Brewster, is Calgary's 6th Poet Laureate and Calgary's 1st Black Poet Laureate.
Wakefield shares about poetry, community, mentoring, wellness and his journey through addiction.
"... I was able to express how words and wellness have come together in my life and how I am assisting the world around me, or at least the immediate communities around me, how they may do the same."
Since January 2000, Wakefield Brewster has been known as one of Canada’s most popular and prolific Performance Poets. He is a BlackMan born and raised in Toronto, by parents hailing from the island of Beautiful Barbados and has resided in Calgary since 2006. He has spoken across Canada, and in several States.
Poet, Spoken Word Artist, Educator, Rap/Hip-Hop Artist, Musician, Martial Artist, WakeFull Wellness - RMT, Speaker and Founder: Page2StageProductions.
Wakefield was appointed the very first Resident Poet & Spoken Word Artist of The Grand Theatre House in Calgary, Alberta.
Wakefield performed his piece I-CAN, Jan 29th, 2020 in Calgary, AB at Let’s Talk Hope Conference at MRU for National Hope Talks, hosted by Connie Jakab. In his words "My hope in being involved with the conference was to share my story which is part of everyone’s story through my passionate art of Performance Poetry. Everyone can relate to TheArts but often forget to use the TheArts to relate. In my exhibition of vulnerable disclosure through SpokenWord, I have slowly but surely added my Artistry to the Toolbox of my Recovery. It is not an absolute, yet it is absolutely essential to understand that there are ways to write your way to wellness. I am hoping that my performance and presentation will encourage the attendees to reach out to me and discover how they can access Page2StageProductions and what I may do to assist them.
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