About this Event
oasis (noun): a place to find shelter, solitude, necessities and safety
BLEU OASIS has been created to be a place of healing for all who have ever been on a journey of drought, loneliness, almost giving up and thinking that it could never get better. It is a place that will encourage growth, expansion and provide community in the lives of the featured artists and every audience member.
list opens in-person at 7:45p | show starts at 8p
The Feature
Sainey Ceesay (she/they) is a Gambian American poet from Prince George's County Maryland. In 2021, She served as the Prince George’s County Youth Poet Laureate. She is the Words Beats and Life (WBL) 2020 Grand Slam Champion, a Joe's Movement Emporium Creative Works alumni, WBL slam team alumni, and teaching artist. Sainey has performed nationally and across the DMV area for audiences like Brave New Voices, the Smithsonian Museum of African Art, Blues Alley Jazz Club, Planet Word, The Kennedy Center, and Busboys and Poets. She has appeared on BBC International News, NBC 4, Channel 9, and PGCTV. Sainey has also held residencies with Washington Performing Arts and Wellsprings Manor. Her poetry touches on mental health, identity and blackness, gender controversy, and social injustice. Sainey seeks to find and build community through her poetry, to encourage others to write and share their stories, and to use her art to serve efforts of collective freedom and liberation.
The Host
is a woman on a mission to serve and support the community. Bleu is a poet, as well as a visual artist that has been painting for 6 years. Her artwork has been showcased in a museum, at comedy and jazz shows, various art events in the DMV, and she has led numerous sip and paint sessions. After dabbling in the poetry scene for 3 years, she has now been consistently honoring her gift and passion. Bleu's goal is to create spaces where artists in the DMV are allowed to come and just be.
The Curator
is a DC Native and multidisciplinary artist innovating through poetry, visual art, style and event curation. Her writing has been an outlet for healing and affirmation since childhood and made way for her exploration of additional mediums. 2022 was the beginning of her emphasis on a holistic approach to sustainability: emotionally, spiritually, physically, psychologically, economically, and environmentally. She began hosting monthly open mics to normalize and promote vulnerability while building community. Currently, she is creating more opportunities to expand her reach as a teaching artist.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
BloomBars, 3222 11th Street Northwest, Washington, United States
USD 13.70
