BLACK MATTER Artist Opening Reception & Sculptural Sound Performance featuring Santigie & Sapata Fofana-Dura First Friday, September 5, 2025 | 6:00 – 9:00 pm (performance at 6:45) | Art Gallery Join The Reser as we celebrate the opening of BLACK MATTER with an artist reception. Featuring new works by eight Black artists in Oregon, the…
Jason McNeal Graham (aka MOsley WOtta) works across multiple mediums, including writing, painting, music, and performance. In that, he asks, “What are we willing to risk to see each other’s humanity?” To explore that question, as well as themes of connection, boundaries, and our shared future history, MOsley WOtta stages a performance of storytelling, conversation,…
The Reser is excited to present an engaging panel discussion featuring artists Tammy Jo Wilson, Jeremy Okai Davis, and MOsley WOtta, as they reflect on the history, challenges, and triumphs of BLACK MATTER—an ongoing, evolving art exhibition showcasing Oregon-based Black artists. Curated by Tammy Jo Wilson since its inception in 2020, BLACK MATTER offers a…
Join The Reser for an engaging and participatory performance during First Friday. Featuring the sculptural and performative works of Sadé DuBoise, guests will enjoy sharing the story of The Giving Tree Was Black. Reimagining a familiar story through the lens of Black motherhood and generational endurance, Sadé DuBoise stands in silence, her body becoming a…
For the first time ever, David Saffert and Jillian Snow bring their eerily accurate portrayals of Liberace and Liza Minnelli to The Reser—just in time for Halloween, because nothing says “spooky” quite like sequins, jazz hands, and unresolved mother issues. In a show nobody asked for (but everyone will be glad exists), these two musical…
BLACK MATTER Closing Celebration & Social Practice Performance Featuring Master Artist Michael Bernard Stevenson Jr. First Friday, November 7, 2025 | 6:00 – 9:00 pm (performance at 6:30) | Art Gallery Free and open to the public If you’ve been inspired by the work you’ve seen in the exhibition, join us in sending it off…