WHAT: Bias & Brain @ the Portland Art Museum, in conjunction with the Hank Willis Thomas exhibit and Don’t Shoot Portland

We did it!

Such a rewarding, informative and joyous community experience!

WHERE: Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97205

WHEN: Saturday, January 11, 11:00am – 1:00pm

“The history of Oregon is partially the history of a state that legislated not wanting black people around.” –W. Kamau Bell

LEARN MORE: The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America

Discover brains, art projects and neuroscience research related to perception, bias, action and music. Ask questions, make art, hear extraordinary songs  –  and explore issues surrounding gun violence, corporate branding and discrimination.

LEARN MORE: Race, Bias & Brain: You Can’t Control Art

MUSIC IS POWERFUL MEDICINE

PRINT: The Brain on Music (1) by Kanani Miyamoto

“Hopefully my music is medicine, some type of antidote for something or some kind of explanation or just to feel good.” –Erykah Badu

LEARN MORE: The Effect of Music on the Human Stress Response

LEARN MORE: “Where’s the Music?” Using Music Therapy for Pain Management

LEARN MORE: Music-Induced Analgesia in Chronic Pain Conditions: A Systematic Review

LEARN MORE: Reviewing the Effectiveness of Music Interventions in Treating Depression

LEARN MORE: Musical practice as an enhancer of cognitive function in healthy aging – A systematic review and meta-analysis

LEARN MORE: Musical training as an alternative and effective method for neuro-education and neuro-rehabilitation

LEARN MORE: Music facilitate the neurogenesis, regeneration and repair of neurons

LEARN MORE: Music Making as a Tool for Promoting Brain Plasticity across the Life Span

PRINT: The Brain on Music (2) by Kanani Miyamoto

“Music makes us want to live. You don’t know how many times people have told me that they’d been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That’s the power music has.” –Mary J. Blige

PRINT: And Then There Were the Songs, by Kanani Miyamoto

We are THRILLED to hear from LaRhonda Steele and Karen Trusty from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) who will present civil rights freedoms songs and spoken word to add to the historical expressive experience of those who are fighting white supremacy and gun violence in America.

LEARN MORE: LaRhonda Steele, Portland’s first lady of the blues

LISTEN: Spirit of Freedom

14,719 (2018), by Hank Willis Thomas; “Each star represents a person shot and killed by someone else in the United States in 2018.”

LEARN MORE: In Portland, Falling Stars Shine a Light on Gun Violence

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Kanani Miyamoto, NW Noggin
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
4. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
5. Nuno Busch, PSU
6. Arielle Isakharov, OHSU
7. Evan Segura, Portland Psychedelic Society
8. Sai Kiersarsky, PSU
9. Mikah Brandes, PSU
10. Aaron, Eisen, NUNM
11. Madi-Cho Richmond, PSU
12. Danny Leister-Gray, PSU
13. Jade Osilla, Lines for Life
14. Madeline Ogle, PSU
15. Greyson Moore, PSU
16. Moxxy Rogers, PSU
17. Alisha Steigerwald, PSU
18. Sydney Duran, PSU

LEARN MORE ABOUT BIAS & BRAIN AT THE LINKS BELOW

Race, Bias & Brain: You Can’t Control Art