Ralph Ellison 2015: The View from Here
If we could choose, who would we have represent Oklahoma? A few overgrown adolescents from Sigma Alpha Epsilon chanting racist slogans on a bus? Or can we aim higher than that?
Ralph Ellison Festival
Quraysh Ali Lansana
Quraysh Ali Lansana is author of They Shall Run: Harriet Tubman Poems (Third World Press, 2004) and the poetry collections Southside Rain (Third World Press, 2000) and mystic turf (Willow Books, 2012).
Gregory Jerome
Gregory Jerome has dedicated his life to being an ambassador of hip hop and the creative arts.
Lauren Zuniga
Lauren Zuniga is an international touring poet and teaching artist.
Skip Hill
Skip Hill is a mixed-media artist who creates his lyrical pictorials by harvesting imagery and design elements from various forms of graphic expression.
Candace Liger
The latest winner of the prestigious 2015 MLK Poetry Slam hosted at the University of Texas, Candace also captured the 2014 Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion title in the Dallas Poetry Slam and was the 2013 Slam Champion at the OKC Vine Open Mic showcase.
Culture Cinematic
Culture Cinematic is on the cutting edge of electronica, hip-hop, jazz, R&B, soul, additive rhythm workouts, singer/songwriter ballads, and funk.
Christian Pearson
Christian Pearson is an Oklahoma born and bred pianist. Originally classically trained, Christian was drawn to jazz improvisation in college.
Short Order Poems
Short Order Poems, featuring Timothy Bradford, Chad Reynolds, and special guest poets, offers patrons a rotating menu of poetry served fresh and hot off vintage typewriters.
Ralph Ellison Foundation
The Ralph Ellison Foundation is committed to highlighting the accomplishments of the acclaimed author Ralph Waldo Ellison and to empowering the lives of others through his philosophy, talents, and writings in the areas of Literacy, Music, and the Arts.
