Truth in Music with Jess Garland
• – • Sweet Tooth Hotel
About the speaker
Jess Garland is a Dallas-based singer-songwriter, recording and performing artist. She is a multi-instrumentalist who combines harp and guitar loops to evoke her unique brand of celestial avant-garde pop with ethereal jazz tones.
In May 2021, Jess released “Harp & Sol” which is an art film and music composition focusing on environmental racism in Dallas and Black feminism. Jess co-produced the film and composed music for Their Lives Mattered: A Dialogue Honoring Stolen Lives by Dallas law enforcement. Recently, Garland was awarded the Local Legend award in Nashville, TN from Wild Turkey’s Creative Director, Matthew McConaughey for keeping music alive in Dallas.
Jess is also the President and Founding Director of Swan Strings and has recently been appointed Executive Director at Girls Rock Dallas.
About Swan Strings:
Founded in 2019, Swan String is a 501c3 nonprofit organization with a mission to provide free music education, community concerts and sound therapy services to North Texas individuals without access.
Get involved with Swan Strings
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Local partners
Sweet Tooth Hotel has opened its new Downtown Dallas Flagship location! Featuring Dreamland, their largest exhibit yet, and the brand new Calirosa Cocktail Lounge, sponsored by Calirosa Tequila. Visitors will make their way through 6,000 square feet of adventures, including reboots of cult favorite installations from Chapter One and new installations created by emerging Texas artists Bobcat & Birdie, Tramaine Townsend, Shamsy Roomiani, Molly Sydnor and their creative partners at wvvy studio.
Located in the heart of downtown at 1511 Elm Street, the venue will also be hosting artist workshops, DJ, live music and is available for private events and rentals.
Visit sweettoothhotel.com for more info.
Additional details
Join us at Sweet Tooth Hotel in their event/bar space. We won’t be touring the gallery spaces at this time- but it’s a great introduction to learn more about the experiences they’re creating and local artists that they work with. We will be giving away two tickets to come back and explore Sweet Tooth Hotel to the fullest!
1511 Elm St #100, Dallas, TX 75201 Map
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