Greyt Big Talk w/ RA Washington
The Question of Revolution: Personal Politics, Identity and Grassroots Organizing in Post Riot Cities
RA Washington is a writer and community worker living in the Historic Detroit Shoreway Neighborhood of Cleveland.
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RA Washington
Writer, musician and community organizer
RA Washington is a writer, musician, conceptual artist and community organizer who has been part of Cleveland's art scene since moving to the city in 1991. He has co-founded a string of DIY spaces, among them Inside Outside Gallery, The Church of Albert Ayler and Guide to Kulchur, the cooperative press, bookstore and arts space in Gordon Square that he founded and directed, with a speaker series, publishing projects and book donations to people in prison.
He has written poems, novels and essays, including The Paris Notebooks (NightBallet Press, 2014) and a memoir trilogy from Outlandish Press, BODY, Black Eunuch and Baldwin Notes (2017 to 2021). As a composer, instrumentalist and vocalist he has played in Vernacular and Blk Tygr, and he co-founded Mourning [A] BLKstar, which received the 2021 Cleveland Arts Prize in Music. He has also been poet-in-residence at the Cleveland Museum of Art and was named a 2014 Creative Workforce Fellow by Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture.
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Fairmont Creamery Building
2306 W 17th St, Cleveland, OH, 44113
The Fairmont Creamery Building in Tremont was built in 1930 for the Fairmont Creamery Company. It was redeveloped in 2014 into a mixed-use building with apartments, creative workspaces, a fitness space and local businesses, and is managed by Sustainable Community Associates. Its rooftop looks out over downtown Cleveland.
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RA Washington is a writer and community worker living in the Historic Detroit Shoreway Neighborhood of Cleveland. Washington is the author of 24 books, and chapbooks, and is the founder/director of Guide To Kulchur: Text, Art & News. Washington was awarded 2014 Creative Workforce Fellowship from Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, and The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture.