Performing Art – Washington, D.C.
Drew Law is a nationally touring spoken word poet and teaching artist. Passionate about his American and Palestinian roots, he looks to bridge the gap between the two cultures using his spoken word and music.. A two-time member of the D.C. Beltway Slam team, and a member of D.C’s team “Treat Yo Self,” who took first place at the 2013 Southern Fried Poetry tournament. As a spoken word poet, he has shared stages with artists such as Sunni Patterson and Andrea Gibson, and as a hip hop artist, he has opened for artists such as Slick Rick and Biz Markie. He has featured at prestigious venues such as the Nuyorican Poetry Café in Manhattan, and the Green Mill in Chicago, IL
As a teaching artist for Split This Rock, an organization that uses written and spoken word as an agent for social change, and Poetry Now, a nonprofit that creates spoken word curriculum for high schools and government entities in the Northern Virginia and D.C. area , he has facilitated workshops and coached several youth poetry slam teams in the D.C. Maryland, and Virginia area. He is also a curator for the American Poetry Museum.
Drew is a host of the progressive Busboys and Poet’s open mic series and coordinator and host of Graffiti D.C., the District’s premier monthly slam event.