{"id":13740,"date":"2023-09-05T15:12:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T21:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calgaryspokenwordfestival.com\/?post_type=omniverse-artists-2&#038;p=13740"},"modified":"2024-01-17T12:23:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T19:23:32","slug":"jillian-christmas","status":"publish","type":"omniverse-artists","link":"https:\/\/calgaryspokenwordfestival.com\/omniverse-artists\/jillian-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Jillian Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-bed65a40\">\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-7e3bd19c\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-7e3bd19c\" src=\"https:\/\/calgaryspokenwordfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Jillian-Christmas-400web.jpg\" alt=\"Jillian Christmas Picture | Omniverse Project\" title=\"Jillian Christmas Picture | Omniverse Project\"\/>\n<figcaption class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-51cdcbd8 gb-headline-text\"><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-1c00afd7\">\n\n<p>Jillian Christmas is an artist, creative facilitator, curator, consultant, and advocate in the arts community. She is the long-time spoken word curator of the Vancouver Writers Fest, and former artistic director of Verses Festival of Words. Utilizing an anti-oppressive lens, Jillian has performed and facilitated workshops across North America. She is the author of The Gospel of Breaking (Arsenal Pulp Press 2020), and the forthcoming children\u2019s book, The Magic Shell (Flamingo Rampant Press 2021). 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