Just like many creatives, I’m in the midst of transition. I have no idea where my work will be a year from now, but I’m enjoying this new exploration.
A project I’ve dabbled with since 2023 has now come to fruition:
Announcing with concern…
April Pameticky moved to Wichita in 2003 and got swept up in the Wichita Vortex.
Bio:
Mother, wife, teacher, poet. April Pameticky shares time between roles as public school educator and the largest high school in the state of Kansas, and peer facilitator within the creative community of artists and writers in Wichita. She launched the Wichita Broadside Project and has served as editor of Voices of Kansas, an online poetry journal focused on the youth of Kansas, sponsored by the Kansas Association for Teachers of English [NCTE Affiliate], for which she has also served as a board member since 2013, and currently serves as Vice President.
NCTE AI Framework Cohort for 2026:
April is also currently serving the National Council for Teachers of English as a member of the High School AI Materials group, focused on creating materials about AI for immediate use in the secondary classroom: NCTE AI Framework HS Group 3
Her collaboration with photographer Amanda Pfister, She Cast her Gaze, has been at Steckline Gallery, the Ulrich Museum of Art, and the Johnson-Humrickshouse Museum in Ohio. HaiGa at Johnson-Humrickshouse
April has proudly served the Wichita ArtistInc Community as a Peer Facilitator and literary artist. This program sponsored by the MidAmerican Arts Alliance and Harvester Arts provide professional development and support to the local arts ecosystem, connecting artists to their dreams through goal-setting, community connection, and basic principals of entrepreneurship. To read more about the program, visit Wichita ArtisInc Community
April is also currently a doctoral student at Kansas State University, studying teacher efficacy and the advent of AI technology as it affects writing pedagogy and methods.
For more information or to request this poet to facilitate poetry workshops on a variety of topics.
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