Live at the Oak: Poetry, Performance, and Pollination

Next date: Saturday, October 11, 2025 | 11:00 AM to 01:00 PM

LIVE AT THE OAK: POETRY, PERFORMANCE, AND POLLINATION

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2025 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM | FREE

 

 

Live at the Oak: Poetry, Performance, and Pollination is a collaboration at the "Mayor's Tree," a 300-year-old live oak.

 

This event is part of the Art Pollination series, a public art project supported by the City of Orlando and Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge. Visit orlando.gov/artpollination for other events and activations.

 

SPOKEN WORD BY SHAWN WELCOME, POET LAUREATE EMERITUS, CITY OF ORLANDO

PERFORMANCES BY ART POLLINATION FOOD JUSTICE SLAM POETS Q MAJOR, CAMARA GAITHER, & MARQUIS LEE

PERFORMANCE & QUILTING BY RENOWNED CHOREOGRAPHER AND COMMUNITY ACTIVIST EMILY JOHNSON / CATALYST

PLANTING & SOUND PERFORMANCE BY JUAN WILLIAM CHÁVEZ

ART POLLINATION ICE CREAM BY SMILE ICE CREAM & BLACK BEE HONEY.

 

Artist Conversation with Luca Molnar, Art Pollination artist about her new mural, Worker Bees in the Museum Garden.

 

Guests may come and go as they please or stay for the whole experience.

 

 

When

Location

Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 E. Princeton St., 32803, View Map