Livin’ in the Light
A discussion and short performance about “Livin’ in the Light”, a short film and musical EP directed by Portland Opera singer Onry and produced by Portland Parks and Recreation creative-in-residence Joni Renee Whitworth. You can learn more about and support the project at www.GoFundMe.com/f/BlackOpera.
About the speaker
Joni Renee Whitworth (they/them) is a poet and community organizer from rural Oregon. They have performed at The Moth, the Segerstrom Center for the
Performing Arts, and the Museum of Contemporary Art alongside Marina
Abramovic. They are the founder of queer artist collective Future
Prairie and local business Mint & Mirth. Joni served as the inaugural Artist in Residence at Portland Parks and Recreation and was recently
named a 2020 Queer Hero by the Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific
Northwest. Their writing explores themes of nature, future, family,
and the neurodivergent body, and has appeared in Lambda Literary, Tin
House, and elsewhere.
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Portland, United States
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Photographer Samantha Reynolds
Photographer Christopher Diego
Videographer Tyler Nordby
