Description of Project:
Stephen John Kalinich Art + Humanity project involves creating an archive of the work of Stephen John Kalinich. The archive includes art, recorded audio, recorded performance art, and digitized and indexed poetry. The archive will be made available to the public in the name of peace and for purpose of inspiring creativity in current and future generations.
Although he has risen to the highest echelons of the music industry, Kalinich considers himself a poet first. A voice of conscience comparable to Bob Dylan, he has inspired audiences around the world. Kalinich was invited to Washington, D.C., to recite his epic poem “If You Knew” before members of Congress to benefit Children Uniting Nations.
“As long as I have breath, the river of love will speak through me,” says Kalinich. “When I look back, I will ask, Did I stir someone, reach one soul. . . . Did I help them understand that when the breath of love poured itself into others, it didn’t forget them.”