Side x Side’s Anne Ackerman presented her workshop, “Illuminated Poetry,” with help from coworkers, Meghan Scribner and Side x Side executive director, Beth Wilbur Van Mierlo, during the National Art Education Association’s CREATE 2021 National Convention last week. Workshop participants engaged in a hands-on mixed media paper arts project designed to integrate with poetry to provide a successful learning platform for students that is more accessible and expressive. We enjoyed receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback from participants who described the workshop as “Healing,” “Mindful,” “Phenomenal,” “Inspiring,” “Invigorating,” and “Heartfelt.”