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Quentin Talley or \\u2018Q\\u2019 is a poet, actor, writer, director, producer and musician. He is founder and artistic director of OnQ Performing Arts. OnQ started in 2006 with a mission to produce classic, contemporary and original performance works that reflect the black experience. As a poet, Q has performed throughout the country, sharing the stage with Nikki Giovanni, Amiri Baraka, MC Lyte, Sonia Sanchez and Tavis Smiley. As an actor, he has worked professionally with Children\\u2019s Theater of Charlotte, Actor\\u2019s Theatre of Charlotte, Winston Salem Arts Council, and New River Dramatist. His directing credits include: Rise For Freedom, Dutchman, In The Blood, Day of Absence, Rhyme Deferred and Miles & Coltrane: Blue (.) Q is the lead singer of Quentin Talley & The Soul Providers, a blues, funk and soul band. He earned a B.A. in Theatre Performance from Winthrop University.

This episode is perfect for anyone interested in performing arts expressing the black experience in America.\\xa0\\xa0

IN THIS EPISODE

• Q breaks downs all his forms of creative expression.
• He shares his artist statement and personal mission.
• He explains what he means by being \\u2018unapologetically human.\\u2019
• He describes \\u2018OnQ Performing Arts\\u2019 and what it is seeking to do in the community.
• Q discusses the artistic origins of \\u2018Miles & Coltraine: Blue (.),\\u2019 a show he produced about Miles Davis and John Coltraine
• He talks about how he accesses the emotions necessary to show addiction and depression on stage.
• He answers what is his \\u2018Love Supreme.\\u2019
• He reveals when he feels most free and flowing as a creative person.
• Q describes his band \\u2018Quentin Talley & the Soul Providers.\\u2019
• He shares a few of the songs his band sings and his band\\u2019s encore.
• He talks about collaborating on the \\u2018Intergalactic Soul\\u2019 art and performance exhibit.
• He identifies the issues that are important to him in his work.
• Q reads a poem called \\u2018Wait\\u2019 and shares how he feels reading it.
• He addresses the appropriation of art and giving credit to artists of color.
• He talks about growing up in South Carolina and what his family taught him.
• He answers whether he has always been \\u2018Q\\u2019 and who he wanted to be growing up.
• Q reflects on his time in the theater department at Winthrop University.
• He remembers breaking into the arts scene in Charlotte.
• He discusses his feelings about receiving recognition and support as an artist.
• He answers whether a community has an obligation to support artists.
• Q reveals what\\u2019s next for him.

plus Mark\'s personal word essay: Keeping it Real

To learn more, visit On Life and Meaning

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