ArtOfficial OPEN MIC Featuring LOVE the Poet
Sat, Feb 21
|Irving Fine Arts Academy
This is a show you do NOT want to miss. Come hungry! Food will be available for purchase from My Daddy’s Kitchen, drinks by ESB Consulting, and desserts by Sweet Treats by Lex 🍴🍹🍰
Time & Location
Feb 21, 2026, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Irving Fine Arts Academy, 3007 Skyway Cir N, Irving, TX 75038, USA
Guests
About the event
Artofficial presents our February Featured Artist LOVE the Poet …FIRST solo feature in the D-F-W!
Who is LOVE the Poet?
Michelle Antoinette Nelson, also known as LOVE the poet, is a versatile career creative with a passion for storytelling, performance, and fashion. As a poet, host, custom hat maker, and author, she has made significant contributions to national and international art scenes.
Michelle has previously appeared on CNN, authored the books “Black Marks on White Paper” and “Own Your Capacity: H.E.A.L.T.H. is Power,” and received the GBCA Baker Artist B-grant award. She has also received The 2016 “Baltimore Legend” Crown award, released multiple spoken word CDs and performed at prestigious venues like the Orpheum Theatre, the Smithsonian(s), and university campuses nationwide.
Michelle is renowned for her dynamic stage presence, having starred in her one-woman play “God’s Country,” as a producer, host, and performer for the Punany Poets, and founder…