Jamar Morris

Artist 2018 -

A native son of the San Francisco Bay Area, Jamar Morris is an educator by trade, a spoken word poet by craft. While earning a B.A. in English and pursuing a personal interest in Africana Studies at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), Jamar co-founded Vocal ARTillery, a Hip Hop/spoken word showcase collective, to create spaces in the San Fernando Valley centered around shared culture for artists to present work and fellowship. Vocal ARTillery has performed poetry and presented workshops on “spacing making” in collaboration with colleges, universities, and nonprofits across California. Jamar is currently a faculty member at Renaissance Arts Academy and member of The Rock Collection. As a performing poet, Jamar has featured at varied occasions and venues including, the Pan African Film Festival, Noho Lit-Crawl, the Blue Whale, among others, and continues to perform at venues across Los Angeles. He has opened for various poets including, David Romero, Yazmin Monet Watkins, and Matt Sedillo; and a song from his self-titled EP, Little Seeds, made in collaboration with jazz percussionist, Kevin Yakota, was selected for an episode of the KPFK radio-show, Dank Radio.