#jaleesajohnston

So excited for this weekend! JULY 27th: film screening with Kalimah Abioto (@kalimahabioto ) at Paragon Arts Gallery catered by Platano Rising JULY 28th: video screening with Jaleesa Johnston (@jaleesa31 ) at Alberta Abbey JULY 29th: Animation Workshop with Jaleesa Johnston catered by @platanorising at Alberta Abbey All events are free, 6-8pm, & open to the public though (Trans & queer) black women and/or femmes are always prioritized in these spaces 🖤🥑 . . . . . . . . . . . #thefirstandthelastpdx #pdx #kalimahabioto #jaleesajohnston #platanorising #experimentalfilm #blackfilmmakers #qtpocartists #blackqueerartists #qwoc

ANNOUNCING OUR 5TH ARTIST: Jaleesa Johnston 🖤 @jaleesa31 Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Fun fact: (she's really into old school horror films 💀😉) Jaleesa Johnston is a mixed media artist currently working in Portland, OR. Her work explores the ruptured and queer existence of the black female body as both subject and object through performance, video, photography, sculpture and collage. Working with her body as material, Jaleesa uses its malleability and symbolism to conjure new narratives that suggest blackness as a liminal site for personal and communal transformation. we'll be posting info from all our artists to get ya hyped for the first & the last! next up is some of Jaleesa's work so you can get as excited as we are for her events this summer! 🖤 . . . . . . . . . . #pdxart #blackwomeninfilm #blackart #jaleesajohnston #thefirstandthelastpdx #newmedia #blackwomenartists