Changing the Narrative: Epilogue
This is a research project that led to an exhibition and a book. It is an arts-based impact assessment of the original research project and series of comics, Changing the Narrative: Stories of Student Homelessness and Housing Instability. In 2022, we completed more than 30 hours of interviews and a complex process of collaborative comics production that led to an 82-page book. We partnered with Street Roots to publish that book, printing 6,000 copies which sold out in a matter of weeks. It was distributed by Street Roots vendors who received 100% of book sales. Those comics are again on view in Epilogue the exhibition. The third edition of Changing the Narrative is available for purchase, again with 100% of sales going to Street Roots vendors. We are honored that the new edition of Changing the Narrative features poems written by vendors as they reflected on that work.
Epilogue
For Epilogue, we invited everyone - the participants/storytellers, comic artists, and research team members - back to reflect on how the project impacted them personally, professionally, and creatively. We started with a series of interviews and then asked each person to use a medium of their choice to creatively reflect on these experiences. The result of that research is the following book and our exhibition at ILY2 Too, Lloyd Center Mall, Portland, OR in April and May 2024.
