"Possible is possible!"
Karen Smith 2023 Pew Fellow
“My drum is a spiritual connection to the African ancestors and to the world around me."
About Karen
About the Artist
Karen Smith is the proud recipient of a 2023 Pew Fellowship grant. https://www.pewcenterarts.org/2023grants
A New York Native/Philadelphia Transplant, Karen is a percussionist, playwright, director, producer, and poet. She is also the founder and leader of two musical collectives: The Karen Smith Experience, and Sistahs Laying Down Hands (SLDH).
"I create spaces where other artists can join in a spirit of trust and improvisation.”
The Movement
For more than 10 years Karen Smith has been taking her drums on the road with her movement, Have Drums Will Travel Immediately. She has provided rhythms for projects in the Delaware Valley Tri-state area, and also in Alabama, Houston, Atlanta, and Jamaica, West Indies. She also performed at the United States Human Rights Network Conference. Karen captures "the rhythm of a place and the cadences of people.” The beat continues wherever the movement may take her!
Cultural Events
Karen Smith curates artistic projects, hosts private drumming lessons, provides musical backgrounds, plays at festivals, and especially loves collaborations!
Video
Here's a segment of Karen's interview with Teyanna Stone of Imagine Stone Productions, on being a multi-faceted artist. See full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvdL0xYSCkY
Philly Daydreams: Stories In Transit - Karen Smith
As part of Anula Shetty’s Philly Daydreams: Stories In Transit, percussionist, Karen Smith shares the world she imagines in her Philly Daydream while riding the Broad Street Subway, against the background of the soothing, meditative sounds of her tongue drum.
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E V E N T S
9/7/24
Sistahs Laying Down Hands Collective Duo
12pm
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3pm
1430 W Susquehanna Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19121
Event Details
9/7/24
Sistahs Laying Down Hands Collective Duo
Literacy Day at TreeHouse Books
Block Party
12pm
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3pm
1430 W Susquehanna Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19121
9/14/24
Karen "Magic Fingaz" Smith
9am
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5pm
Clark Park, 43rd & Chester Ave., Phila. PA, 19104
Event Details
9/14/24
Karen "Magic Fingaz" Smith
Uhuru Marketplace Book Fair
9am
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5pm
Clark Park, 43rd & Chester Ave., Phila. PA, 19104
9/15/24
Karen "Magic Fingaz" Smith
11am
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2pm
Unitarian Universalists of Mt. Airy, 6900 Stenton Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19150
Event Details
9/15/24
Karen "Magic Fingaz" Smith
Celebrating Black Lives Matter Vigil
11am
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2pm
Unitarian Universalists of Mt. Airy, 6900 Stenton Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19150
9/28/24
The Karen Smith Experience
11pm
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5pm
Allens Lane Art Center, 601 W Allens Ln, Philadelphia, PA 19119
Event Details
9/28/24
The Karen Smith Experience
11pm
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5pm
Allens Lane Art Center, 601 W Allens Ln, Philadelphia, PA 19119
10/5/24
Karen "Magic Fingaz" Smith
10am
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4pm
Collingswood High School, 424 Collings Ave, Collingswood, NJ 08108
Event Details
10/5/24
Karen "Magic Fingaz" Smith
Solo Poetry Reading
Performance time 3:05pm
10am
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4pm
Collingswood High School, 424 Collings Ave, Collingswood, NJ 08108
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