SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Travelers passing through San Diego International Airport (SAN) may find their journey taking an unexpected turn as they’re invited to participate in a live poetry experience.
As part of the Spring 2025 Performing Arts Residency Program, Poets Underground, a local San Diego-based creative collective, is offering passengers an opportunity to share their travel stories, which will be transformed into poetry.
Through April 29, the team from Poets Underground is setting up at The Great Poetic Baggage Exchange, a unique stage in the airport’s terminals. Here, travelers can engage in conversations with the poets about their experiences with five thematic concepts: adventure, baggage, connection, checkpoint, and rise. The result is a live-painting and spoken word experience that turns everyday travel moments into evocative works of art.
As part of this residency, those with Poets Underground will collect stories from passengers and craft original poems inspired by their personal journeys. These poems will then be shared with travelers in written form, spoken word performances and visual poetry via murals at the airport.
Hampton Brown, vice president and chief revenue officer of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, emphasized the importance of such programs in enhancing the airport experience.
“Partnering with performing groups like Poets Underground is one of the innovative ways SAN aims to create an exceptional airport experience for our community,” said Brown. “Passengers can have their experience turned into something inspirational and at the same time get a taste of the local performing arts scene.”
The San Diego International Airport’s Performing Arts Residency Program, which launched in 2016, supports the development and performance of new artistic work while offering unique opportunities for public engagement.
Select poems created throughout the residency will be featured in three airport performances on May 2, 6 and 8. Additionally, an anthology of the works will be compiled, preserving these travel-inspired poems for future audiences.
For those interested in more details about upcoming performances or the full schedule of the Performing Arts Residency Program, SAN’s website offers additional information and event dates.
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