The JVN Project

Thank you to all who came and shared at last Sunday’s open mic.

This last weekend we lost another giant, a humble force, a lover, a mentor, a friend.

JVNP meant so much to Cydney. From when she met John in Chicago to being a First Waver Scholar to becoming a mentor and Associate Director.

We will never be able to measure Cydney’s impact. Only very rarely in this world do we get someone like Cydney. Someone like John.

The open mic is like the best place in the world. Both John and Cydney knew that. Here between the walls of this stage, the spotlight like a halo on our heads, the mic like an altar, there are no limits to our desire

Everyone believes me on this stage. Everyone is alive on this stage. Everyone is breathing on this stage

For them, we write and create the hardest we can, we remember the rhythm of our ancestors. We carry their torch and light the rest of the world with their embers. We hold each other between these lights.

We love you Cydney

We love you John

One Love❤️

WORD POWER OPEN MIC SERIES IS BACK🎤❤️🗣️

Free, All Ages, and Open to the public, on Oct 22nd at the Art Lit Lab.

The JVN Project is home to some of the hottest new and upcoming artists in the city. Bring any piece of poetry, music, short story, spoken word, essay, stand up, etc. (as long as your piece is 4-5 minutes or less).

The Word Power Open Mic series is back to give local artists a chance to practice behind a real mic on a stage with an audience, connect w local Madison OG’s, and to support Hip Hop in the Madison Community.

6-7pm DJ Jean Le Duke, Pocket Poetry, JVNP Merch, Collage materials, Open Mic Signup Sheet begins.
7-9pm Performances.

Mark your calendars! Our series will run as follows:

10/22 Open Mic
11/19 Open Mic
1/21 Open Mic (youth only)
2/18 Slam Prelims
3/17 Slam Semifinals
4/21 Slam Finals

Slam rules and regulations will be provided on site. We ask if you do have music please bring your instruments and be ready to share audio with our hosts.

With questions or accessibility needs, please email Diya at [email protected].

See you all in 2 weeks!!!

As Always,
One Love🤞🏽❤️‍🔥

Heyyy new followers 👀 Allow us to reintroduce ourselves:

The JVN Project is a nonprofit hip-hop collective, dedicated to utilizing all elements of hip-hop to uplift and empower community. We are inspired by the legacy of John Vietnam Nguyên: Emcee, poet, rapper, dancer, hip-hop genius.

This past weekend we celebrated JVN Day: Raise the Bar, a weekend-long hip-hop festival that was open to the community and 100% free.

We had poetry, songwriting, dance & knowledge workshops, we held our first ever emcee olympics, we came thru with the community graffiti mural, and we ended with an iconic concert featuring as our headliner.

If you’re new here, welcome. If you showed out this weekend, thank you for celebrating with us.

One Love 🦋
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Updated location and schedule for our workshops THIS Saturday 🎉

We can’t wait to build with y’all 💥

Workshops are FREE and open to the public ✨

Want to get involved? Fill out the form in our bio to help this beautiful festival happen ✨

We are officially ONE WEEK away from a fantastic weekend of programming 💥

We’ve working so hard to make this festival special, we can’t wait to join with y’all to make magic ✨