Free beatmaking workshop with Slot-A!
Barron “Slot-A” Bollar is a Michigan-raised/Chicago-based music producer and DJ and has been navigating Chicago’s nightlife and underground Hip Hop scene since 2004. He has produced for the likes of Add-2, Philmore Greene, Neak, Valid, The Black Opera and more before executive producing Jamila Wood’s 2019 Legacy! Legacy! During the pandemic, Slot-A got into photography, graphic design and online streaming which would later help him when he began booking and curating for Nights & Weekends and The Duplex in 2021. He is utilizing his skills, contacts and knowledge to bring unique programming to venues and creating promotion material for social media, all while holding residencies. In addition, he is curating a live music production event called Open Swim Chicago where producers bring their equipment to the center stage and perform never before heard beats at Emporium Arcade Bar in Chicago.
B-Long: Honoring and Examining Lineage, Legacy, and Belonging in Hip Hop and Street Dance Culture celebrates ten years of the B-Series Festival with workshops, cyphers, panels, screenings, battles, and jams that unite academic scholars, commercial practitioners, and community innovators.
The presentation of the B-Series 10th Anniversary is made possible in part by support from Alphawood Foundation, Chicago Arts Recovery Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, Honey Pot Performance's The Chicago Black Social Culture Map, the Illinois Arts Council, and Red Bull.
The presentation of 7NMS|PROPHET Wkshp: PILLARS was made possible in part by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.
This project is partially supported by a grant from the Office of Academic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Columbia College Chicago.
