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January 2006
Bringing authentic voices of city in their most honest form
By Jeff Syroney
InkTank executive director, QCF magazine associate editor
So it was in December of last year that Michael Altman had the idea of creating an InkTank corner on Queen City Forum and in that same month that InkTank debuted its first story about a group of men and women in recovery at the Drop Inn Center who used writing as a tool in their healing process. It feels simultaneously like a lifetime ago and just the other day.
photo: courtesy InkTank
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The program is still in place, although the center lost funding and the women have now moved into other treatment programs. I’m happy to say that InkTank is still in place, or rather, happy to say that InkTank is still around… I’m not sure we’ll ever be in our place.
We’ve come through to the other side of a year feeling strong and looking forward to our future. We’ve had our fair share of bruises and we have definitely learned some things about ourselves, the city that we live in and the people who live in it. I’m proud of the work we’ve done and proud of writers we’ve been able to feature in this article. Everyone from our Street Writers to our professional voices Cincinnati is so fortunate to have living here. |
This month, we’re featuring one of my favorite Street Writers, Melissa Mosby. You might remember her work which was published earlier this year. We’re revisiting her however because this month at InkTank, we’re featuring a joint project created by Melissa and artist Tippy McIntosh. The two were introduced when McIntosh volunteered to create an original work of art based on the writing of a Street Writer. She was so inspired by the writings of Melissa Mosby she wanted to create an entire show dedicated to her work. The result is amazing. You can visit www.inktank.org to see photos of the art which will be on display all this month with a special reception on Saturday, December 17, 2005 from 5:30-7:30pm .
We also bring you the special holiday selection political poetry of local poet William K. Woods who appears in QCF Magazine often.
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