Only Human artists, poets, musicians, and actors joined together for an

evening of audio performance shorts that revolve around the portrait.

T. Mychael Rambo performed three excepts from speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. with added vocals from traditional Negro spirituals.

Only Human artist, Katinka Galanos described the research process and formation

of her double portraiture piece, Hedge/Andy and Mr. Hedges.

Only Human artist, Jay Wittenberg read selections from the journals of authors
Louisa May Alcott and Ms. (Eleanor) Hightower, whose writings inspired his oil
paintings.

Josh Clausen performed Portrait Moment, an ephemeral, semi-autobiographical
audio-collage created from fragments of borrowed text by writer Milan Kundera and
found sounds.

Only Human artist, Anthony Marchetti related the discoveries of an apartment “turn

painter” and how abandoned personal effects became portraits.

Lisa Arnold performed Use the Blinker and Pastor Don, two slam poems about a

struggle with patience and the perils of growing up in an evangelical church.

Only Human artist, Ernest A. Bryant III described how being overseas during the

 terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001 affected the idea of his own identity

 in the context of world events and what he did about it.

Only Human artist, David Hamlow explained how conserving packaging materials for

 15 years to make self-portrait sculptures did not necessarily make him an eccentric.

Colleen Kruse performed Seeing Someone, a dark, yet humorous, monologue evoking

the art of portraiture and of knowing and owning all that you (and others) are.

Mike Gunther performed Warning and Summer Stars from his soon-to-be-released
album, “Burn It Down for the Nails” and Last Will and Temperance from his album,
“Every Dream That’s Dropped and Died”.

After the performances, visitors enjoyed video installations by Peter B. Becker Nelson
and Suzanne Kosmalski