At the opening reception of Beyond the Whitewash at Living Arts of Tulsa, Warren Queton invited attendees to join Marlon Hall at the corner of Martin Luther King Blvd and Reconciliation Way—the site where, on March 22, 2023, Marlon was racially profiled and forcibly detained for a crime he did not commit.
It was on that very street corner that Marlon shared his story, Phetote Mshari performed a poem, and Warren Queton offered a prayer through song. Carrying a mask from his installation in the exhibition, Marlon led a processional back to Living Arts, where prayer, poetry, and song continued, merging the public act of witness with the communal space of art.
Warren Queton offered a prayer in song on the corner of Martin Luther King Blvd and Reconciliation Way. On this site, Marlon Hall was racially profiled and forcibly detained for a crime he did not commit.
Channel 6 News of Tulsa covered the opening reception of Beyond the Whitewash. On Saturday, July 8, Marlon Hall led a series of guided meditations in the center of his installation.
From July 17–21, the New Arts Summer Camp at the Philbrook Museum used the exhibition as inspiration. Teaching artist Amber Marie Deen led two daily sessions: an Installation Performance in the morning and a Youth Storytelling Workshop in the exhibition’s main gallery each afternoon.
An artist talk took place at ARTSPACE at Untitled in Oklahoma City, OK.
Chris Henson of Living Arts of Tulsa posted two podcasts about the exhibition.