Rhonda's soulful delivery and thought-provoking topics are always sure to inspire and entertain audiences. A regular on the arts and culture scene, she is equally comfortable in front of small and large audiences.
Born in metro Detroit, she approaches poetry the way musicians approach music. "My poetry is meant to be heard. I always think about the rhythm and the flow of the words. That is as important to me as the message."
Her biggest influences are Gil Scott Heron, Phoebe Snow, and Langston Hughes. The only poet featured during the Detroit Institute of Arts Re-opening ceremonies, Rhonda's work fuses poetry and music. Whether it's life, love, loss, self-realization or faith, few topics are off-limits.
Her work has been heard at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Campus Martius, the Ford Performing and Community Arts Center, Marygrove College, churches, halls and a number of other venues. She resides in metro Detroit, Michigan. EPK - Rhonda Welsh
Poets @ The Opera House
w/poets Diamond Dancer & Ber-Henda Williams
w/the incomparable Anca Vlasopolos
w/Detroit poetry icon, M.L. Liebler
"We're your Dream Girls..."
DIA Re-Opening
DIA Re-Opening Photo courtesy of Thomas B. Richardson
DIA Re-Opening Photo courtesy of Thomas B. Richardson
w/my mommy, sisters and nephew at the DIA Re-Opening Photo courtesy of Thomas B. Richardson
DIA Re-Opening Photo courtesy of Thomas B. Richardson
On-Air with Real Life, Real Authority
In the studio at Real Life, Real Authority
Hanging out with Kwame the Producer
In the studio at Real Life, Real Authority
Pastors Corey & Kristen Kennard, hosts of Real Life, Real Authority
Praise Power 2006
Praise Power 2006 Photo courtesy of NittyGritty Productions
Praise Power 2006 Photo courtesy of NittyGritty Productions
w/Vincent Yarborough at Praise Power 2006 Photo courtesy of NittyGritty Productions
Praise Power 2006 Photo courtesy of NittyGritty Productions
4th Fridays with Rufus Harris
October 2007 Photo courtesy of 4th Fridays with Rufus Harris
March 2007
Photo courtesy of 4th Fridays with Rufus Harris
August 2005
Photo courtesy of 4th Fridays with Rufus Harris
October 2004
Photo courtesy of 4th Fridays with Rufus Harris
Various Events
2009 James Tate Poetry Meet & Greet w/Marsha Carter, Ber-henda Williams, Councilman James Tate and Nutrena Tate
2009 Bagley Poetry Gala
w/Joel "Fluent" Greene
2009 Sisters, Stilettos & Scribes
w/Cheryl L.R. Taylor, Ber-henda Williams and Tc Nicole
2009 Eclectics Mobile Galleria
2009 Sole Sisters: Women of the World Poetry Slam Fundraiser
w/Cassie Poe,Nic Wells and Ber-henda Williams
2009 MLK Celebration
w/Pastor Corey Kennard
2009 Detroit Artists' Market
2009 The Beat Cafe
w/Matt Vega
2008 African World Festival
2008 W/Gail Catron, owner of Kirabo Fair Trade Store and my mommy at the Haslett Community Church Cultural Coffee House
The CAMP (Christian Artists and Music Project) Storytellers 2007
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration 2008
Misc
w/Cuban Soul Rocker Alex Cuba
w/jazz vocalist Kurt Elling
w/the late Ossie Davis
w/former President Bill Clinton
w/Carmen Harlan
w/Ed Gordon
w/former Detroit Lion Robert Porcher
w/singer/songwriter Anitra Rice
Rhonda Welsh
P.O. Box 356
Farmington, MI 48336
Comments, etc. - rhonda@rhondawelsh.com
Bookings - bookings@rhondawelsh.com
