HEARTFIRE's Night of Comedy Fundraiser
HEARTFIRE's Night of Comedy Fundraiser
Sun, Aug 28, 6:30 PM
Rick Bronson's - House of Comedy AZ • Phoenix, AZ
$20
There's A Lot To Unpack: Artist Showcase & Fundraiser
Date and time
Location
Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center
3131 South Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85040
Refund policy
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Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.
Artist showcase & fundraiser with a live raffle; to benefit Sean Avery Medlin by stabilizing rent costs & amping up their debut book launch.
About this event
Arizona arts supporters & community members, help is needed! Cultural worker, poet, and rapper Sean Avery Medlin is without income for 6 months with high rent costs. They’re raising money to stabilize their living situation and pay bills while pouring time and energy into their debut book launch “808s & Otherworlds: Memories, Remixes, and Mythologies”.
On Friday July 30th, at Audubon Arizona (indoors), Medlin and friends are hosting “There’s A Lot To Unpack: Artist Showcase & Fundraiser”, featuring Arizonian musicians, poets, DJs, and vendors! There will also be raffle of paintings, prints, crochet pieces, vintage fashion, and much more from local artists, vendors, and sellers! OUR GOAL IS 16K FOR MEDLIN'S LIVING EXPENSES THROUGH DECEMBER 2021!
Donations can be made on Eventbrite, Venmo, and Cashapp:
Venmo: @Sean-Medlin-1
Cashapp: $SeanAveryMedlin
Location: Rio Salado Audubon Center: 3131 S Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85040
(masks are required for entry, please social distance)
Hosted by:
Music by:
Featured:
Sean Avery Medlin; Poet Rapper
Shantia Elise; Performing Artist
Co-Featured:
Featured Artist Interviews by:
Raffle Items By:
Crisp U.S. Thrift; Black-owned, Unisex, Genderfluid fashion collective
AJ Odneal; Crocheter, Indie Folk Singer
Claudia Belen; Multimedia Artist
Maa Wellness Center; Alternative Medical Treatments
HIDDEN CHARACTERS; Clothing Brand
Dana Arbel; Food Artist, Yoga Teacher
The event title "There's A Lot To Unpack" is the showcase's theme. All work presented speaks to the context and complications of working as an artist in a world driven by exploitation, tokenization, and discrimination. After each performance by our Featured Artists, there will be a short interview about the artist's work to literally begin unpacking these larger, systemic barriers.
With the Uprising behind us, we need cultural work centered in Black Liberation. Medlin’s work may be literary and musical, but these mediums disseminate ideas crucial to organizing with, and within, Black southwestern communities.
Local organizations have agreed to match whatever is raised up to our goal !!! (if we raise 8K, they’ll match 8K, etc)
LET’S GOOOOOOOO !!!!