Jashua Sa-Ra Jashua is an award-winning performance poet, event producer, host, musician, and graphic designer. As an active artist in his community, he has produced and/or hosted several critically acclaimed performance events, including open mic venues, showcases, slams, and a variety of special events. Currently Jashua is the Creative Director and host of Saturday Mass Mic, the largest and most well attended open mic in Brooklyn, NY. He also produces and hosts a monthly Hip Hop open mic and freestyle competition in Brooklyn called The Core. He has published two CD's and a DVD of his poetry, and is currently in the process of releasing his first book of poetry, “Black Whole.” With his graphic design skills he launched his own line of apparel, Earthiopian. Jashua is also an educator, and has been creating and implementing arts-infusion curricula for over a decade. He currently teaches in NY and NJ at various educational facilities. For three years he was the Artistic Coordinator for the annual Artiso Residency at the world-class theater house Kravis Center for Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, FL. He works with schools and varied childcare programs through non-profit organizations and his own endeavors. His workshops include percussion, creative writing, stage performance, hip hop, creating a poetry café, event hosting, and holistic health. Outside of the classroom, Jashua lectures on Spiritual Teknowledge and also facilitates Holistic Health workshops. Mr. Sa-Ra's work outside of stages and classrooms are still artistically inclined. As a Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Holistic Health Consultant, Jashua has been involved in healing arts for over 10 years, influencing his work as a stage artist and educator. He has integrated his many aptitudes into each other, and refers to himself as a communications artist, to embody the purpose of all his work. Q: "What's the greatest thing about the art you produce ?" A: For me, the greatest thing about the art I produce is producing and sharing it. The process of creating makes me resonate with my creator, via the ancestors. It's meditative, and active, and ritual, and fulfilling. It's like when a mango tree blossom is pushing out a seed covered in sweetness, it's the process by which I show what I am. The reflected side of that is when someone eats the arts of my labor and is reminded of the power in themselves. It's how I keep proving to myself that I exist for a universal reason, not just a personal season. "Who's world is this? The world is mind." -Jashua IG - @earthiopian FB - Jashua Sa-Ra youtube - Ja Sa-Ra Gmail - [email protected]