Mastering THE LOOK and Defining Your Personal Style as an Artist
Thursday, January 28, 2021, 5:30 – 6:30 PM (led by Shae Li)
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Building Your Personal Brand Successfully on Social Media
Thursday, January 28, 2021, 6:30 – 7:30 PM (led by Jazmin Washington)
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Where: Defining a Space and Agency for Marginalized Artists:
Friday, January 29, 2021, 6:30 – 7:30 PM (led by Abdu Ali)
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Mini Casual Concert Series:
Friday, January 29, 2021, 8:00-8:30 PM (performance by Brandon Kanion)
Watch on BOPA's Facebook and Youtube.
Plus!
BOA Professional Development Mini Grants
One-time $300 mini grants designed to support individual artists/creatives across various disciplines in pursuit of deepening their knowledge and strengthening their professional practice. Application and details are available here and applications are due by Sunday, January 31, 2021.
Artist Bios
Jazmin Washington is a digital strategist and content creator with over seven years of experience in social media management, digital marketing, event planning, and television and film production. She is passionate about using social media to highlight underrepresented communities, stories, and topics. She began her career at ABFF Ventures (American Black Film Festival), where she built the social media footprint to be a platform for black artists to be noticed by millions of people. Her expertise in digital strategy led her to the Mayor’s Office of Baltimore City where she created content to shine a light on the people and culture of a vibrant city that is often plagued by negative news coverage. Jazmin is a summa cum laude graduate from Howard University and is currently a consultant working with companies and organizations to build and enhance their digital presence.
Abdu Ali is an American avant-garde musician, writer, and cultural worker. Their music is an idiosyncratic blend of punk, jazz, Baltimore club music, and rap that has graced stages across the U.S. and Europe. Through their energetic visceral performances, spiritualizing audiences, they have been anointed as a cosmic, punk, and soulful tempest on stage. Ali has performed at MoMA Ps1, The Carnegie Museum of Art, The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Kennedy Center, and Red Bull Music Festival. Ali has been highlighted by the NY Times, NPR, Les InRocks, and Tracks Arte TV. Ali has been a recipient of The Contemporary: Grit Fund 2; a 2018 Ruby Artist Grant; 2019 Best Artist Award by The LGBTQ Commission of Baltimore City, Baltimore Magazine 2019 Best Artist, was invited to the Black Artists Retreat 2019, and have held residencies at 2018 Red Bull Music Academy Bass Camp & 2018 Pioneer Works.
Brandon Kanion is an Artist from Baltimore, Maryland. Kanion is a child of God primarily, so naturally, he’s different. Kanion started singing Gospel in the church as a kid, and throughout middle school and well into high school he found a passion for R&B, Rock, Country, and Pop music. As a theatre geek, it is important for Kanion to incorporate life into his songs. Kanion writes his own music and believes in writing from authentic places. His EP Trilogy "Nine Thirteen" was a way of expressing that. In the EP Trilogy "Nine Thirteen", Kanion spoke of his struggles with Race, Fear, Sexuality, Love, and he believes he introduced himself in an impactful way. Kanion wants to help God heal the world. He wants to help people live, and not just survive. Kanion wishes for anyone who hears his music to have the Best Life possible. The world can be such a dark place, Kanion wants to be a beacon of light, that encourages others to shine bright as well. Kanion prays music does that, and so many more positive things, to the world.