Sketch and Release: Black Creatives in Rural Oregon

[Stonebrook, Shelley J]

Acclaimed multimedia artist Jason McNeal Graham (aka MOsley WOtta) will be sharing "Sketch and Release: Black Creatives in Rural Oregon" this Friday, May 23, at PRAx, presented by the Spring Creek Project. We hope you'll join us! Here's a link to reserve your free tickets. 

Find more details about MOsley below. And here's the event page for sharing out with others who may be interested.

Friday, May 23, 7:30 p.m. | Detrick Hall | FREE (tickets required)

What are we willing to risk to see each other's humanity? To explore that question as well as themes of connection, boundaries, and our shared future history, MOsley WOtta stages an hour-long performance of storytelling, conversation, spoken word and song. The evening will include excerpts from the emerging documentary series Sketch and Release: Black Creatives in Rural Oregon and the forthcoming album Open Close Doors.

MOsley WOtta works across multiple mediums, including writing, painting, music and performance. He is Bend Oregon’s first Creative Laureate, a Fields Fellow and Salem Art Association Fellow, as well as an Oregon Slam Poetry Champion. His music, literary performance and visual art have been featured internationally, including via NPR, OPB, Living Future Con, TED X, Oregon Community Foundation (invited speaker), Goddard College (resident scholar), Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute, Street Con Dubai, Fish Trap Writes, High Desert Museum, Valley Forge Fiesta and many more. His work primarily focuses on creating positive connections between the negative space of perceived difference.