BLACKBIRD STUDIO
Home of The NEST Project
The FORD BUILDING
SE Portland, Oregon
Welcome to Blackbird Studio…
This is the next evolution of The NEST Project and the latest phase of my artistic practice — bridging photography, installations, live performances, workshops, and events. The creative impulse for Blackbird emerged from a moment of rupture and recovery in my own life, mirrored by an encounter with a blackbird that struck me in the head, fell, rose, and flew again. That experience became a spoken-word piece about sovereignty, heartbreak, and resilience, and now creates the foundation of the studio and how voice and creativity supports individual and collective transformation.
PHOTOGRAPHY
capturing the soul’s essence and human vulnerability … inside and outside of the NEST.
OPEN MIC NIGHTS
Keenan Gibson of FLOURISH PRODUCTIONS is my co-host and collaborator for ‘An Evening of Expression’: a curated and intimate open mic with live performances from Portland based artists including poets, musicians, spoken word, dancers, story-tellers, and any other creatives. Whether you have a song to sing or a poem to share, we encourage you to take the stage.
Open Mics are once a month. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.
SPOKEN WORD WORKSHOP
led by DEBBIE BAXTER
These workshops are a monthly offering designed to make the unconscious visible and lead participants through the process of turning LIFE’S stories into written pieces that serve as medicine for the soul.
MARCH 14th
12-4pm
$100