Melissa Guillet
Melissa Guillet is a poet, writer, and illustrator. She runs Sacred Fools Press, which publishes poetry anthologies, chapbooks, and blank art cards. She was a member of Doc Brown’s Travelling Poetry Troupe and has been behind the scenes at several large poetry events, including the National Poetry Slam 2001 and IWPS 2005.Awards/Exhibits
- Artwork in “Drawing Conclusions” juried show, 1995
- College Honors Project: “Echoes from Babel: Interpersonal Isolation in a Postmodern Era”, 1998
- Artwork at AS220, the Attleboro Museum, the Bannister Gallery, Cafe Mondo, Frontier Gallery, Kraus Gallery, Woodland Spice and Tea, www.gotpoetry.com
- International Women’s Day Festival 2002/2003
- Cirino Education Grant 2001
- RIPIN Grant 2006
- Rhode Island Foundation Arts in Academia Grant 2007
- The Power of Art Scholarship 2008
- ArtsReach Grant 2008 and 2009