May 2026 Speaker: AsiahMae

AsiahMae, stylized A$iahMae, (they/she) is a spirit of curiosity first, and immediately after a Black, Southern, Non-binary writer, cultural worker, and steward of the land. A trans-disciplinary artist, their background spans across film, curation, production, performance, and language arts. Their work is a series of evolving attempts to love, document, pay homage to, and preserve The Black South and themself, in tandem. A$iahmae is a Watering Hole Fellow and has had their work featured in The Gibbes Museum of Art, Spoleto Festival USA, The Festival of Words: LA, and in “This is The Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets,” curated by Kwame Alexander, among others. They are currently serving as the Second Poet Laureate of Charleston, SC.

Register by visiting the May 2026 Charleston Creative Mornings event page.