Summer Fishtrap Opening Address with Bend Oregon Creative Laureate
Jason Graham aka MOsley WOtta
How to not run away screaming or The Art of listening to our inspiration, even when we don’t like what we hear.
(Youth entering grades 9-12)
Come to this workshop prepared to write, share and converse about creativity in our personal and interpersonal worlds. This workshop will focus on generative craft practices, K.Y.D editing and “the perfect enemy”. This will be a radically inclusive workshop welcome to ALL views, identities, beliefs and heritages. Full participation will be expected. There is no entry skill level requirement. This workshop will focus on short form compositions. All participants are welcome to bring/share any current and past works.
Both Perrin Kerns and Hub Art Collective have called MOsley WOtta a creative savant. He was nominated for the position of Oregon Poet Laureate in 2018, he was not excepted. He was a top tier finalist nominated for the 2019 Felids Fellowship, he botched the interview and was subsequently rejected. He is the Creative Laureate of Bend Oregon. His group show multimedia art installation at The High Desert Museum was awarded the Charles Redd Western Center for Exhibition Excellence. MOsley WOtta aka MOWO is a national Ted X performer and speaker, writer, painter, and recording artist based in Central Oregon. He is a patron of, advocate for, and co-conspirator with Oregon Humanities, Bright Place Gallery, Fathers Group, Fishtrap, and other soft styles of revolution.