Participants are invited to join us a half hour before and/or after each workshop for snacks and community building time (optional).
 

Each day we go about our lives in search of something better. Some reminisce about the past while others dream about the future, where “better,” seems to always be just beyond our reach. But what if the present moment allowed for ingress to “better” on either side? This brings forth the question, “Whose imagination are you living in?”

In this workshop, Jacque Hammond and Marquishia Winters will share their work, engage in conversations, and guide participants into the collective imagination work of world building.

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Venue and workshop details

Mobility access: Leaven Community Center is a wheelchair-accessible venue, with an entrance ramp. The workshop will take place on the ground floor. An ADA-accessible restroom is also located on the ground floor. 

Parking: There is a small parking lot, which includes one accessible parking spot. The parking lot may be full, though there are usually available street parking in the surrounding blocks. ree parking is also available on the surrounding streets. There is a ramp going from the sidewalk to the entrance of the venue. 

Public transit: There are stops for the TriMet bus within two blocks of the venue. There are stops for Lines 72, 8, and 17 within a six-minute walking distance.

Food and drink: Light snacks and beverages (non-alcoholic) will be provided for free.

Please contact r.medina@oregonhumanities if you have specific requests for accommodations or concerns about any aspect of participating in this workshop.

About the presenters

Jacque Hammond is a genre-bending singer, writer, and first-time filmmaker based in Portland by way of Los Angeles. Originally from Joliet, Illinois, she has written, produced, and performed for over a decade. With creative origins in poetry and storytelling, she is passionate about the way words have the ability to inspire our imaginations.

She is a 2024 recipient of Portland Institute For Contemporary Art’s Precipice Fund and a Regional Arts and Culture Council’s Arts3c grant. Her latest work, In My Own Image ,is a spellbinding exploratory musical short film unearthing a journey of identity and existence through an EcoWomanist lens. She believes that our inner child offers us a portal to possibilities long forgotten and seeks to inspire positive change in her community.

She is a member of Portland’s Afro arts collective Be Present Art Group and alternative soul trio WRK! Her music has been featured on Pitchfork, OWN, STARZ, Max, Tribeca Film Festival, and more.

Marquishia Winters is a family nurse practitioner, community herbalist, facilitator, community organizer, and creative. Their relationship with plants and the Earth is one of healing, pleasure, and reconciliation. In their work, they bring together western & Indigenous technologies primarily for the care of Black, brown and transgender people. As a child of Earth and stars, Marquishia weaves together these experiences into their creative practice. 

They are the creator and a founding member of Black Diaspora Roller Derby, facilitated with Hood Herbalism, and are a member of the art collective, Experiments in Freedom. They are a 2024 recipient of Regional Arts and Culture Council’s Arts3C grant and have had work shown at Stelo Art Gallery in Portland.