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CV

R. ALAN BROOKS

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Thanks for wanting to check out some of the things I've accomplished. If you have an event or something else in mind that you feel my experience could add value to, click the "Get In Touch" button below to get in contact with my manager about the details.

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Cool Things I've Done

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MEDIA INTERVIEWS/APPEARANCES:

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ADD'L PRESS/ HOSTING/ SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

  • Workshop & Juneteenth panelist at Wilkes University's summer MFA residency in PA, 6/19/22

  • Featured artist, exhibiting in Denver Art Museum's Storytelling Studio - 12/1/21 - 3/31/22

  • "Moxie Mag" workshop for teens - Museum of Contemporary Art - 11/16/21

  • Panelist - Fan Expo Denver - 10/29/21

  • "Full Circle" - Opening event for my graphic novel exhibit - Denver Art Museum - 10/22/21

  • Moderator - "Yep, We're Supposed To Be Here" panel - Dairy Arts Center - 10/22/21

  • Panelist - TEDx Mile High Adventure - 10/19/21

  • "Making Art In Evil Times" workshop - Mile Hi Con - 10/02/21

  • Special Guest - Mesa County Comic Con - 9/18/21

  • "What'd I Miss?" Book Signing - Tattered Cover - 9/9/21

  • "Instagram Takeover" for Museum of Contemporary Art - 8/17/21

  • Featured artist: for Denver Art Museum's "Untitled" event 7/30/21

  • Keynote Speaker: University of Colorado (Denver) - Black History Month event 2/23/21

  • TEDTalk speaker: for TEDxMileHigh: Rise 8/29/20

  • Keynote Speaker: RedLine Denver Art Gallery's 48 Hours Event 8/8/20

  • Moderator: EMBRACE — feat. Representative Leslie Herod, Denver Film's James Mejia and Colorado businesswoman Annie Kao — A conversation on race and bias in Colorado  8/6/2020

  • Keynote Speaker: Regis University's Summer Residency 7/24/20

  • Featured speaker: University of California, Riverside’s Speculative Futures Conference 12/4/19.

  • Taught seminar for TEDxMileHigh 11/14/19 event, “Imagination: How To Grow Your Creative Superpower”, hosted by Redline Gallery.

  • Interviewed by 5280 Magazine about Afrofuturism.

  • Wrote one of 3 horror stories featured in Zenescope’s Grimm Tales of Terror 2019 Halloween Special.

  • Podcast named as one of “Ten Best Nerdtastic Denver Podcasts”

  • Speaker for CU Boulder’s Anthropology Department, 10/22/19.

  • Featured speaker at Colorado School of Mines, “Constructing A Graphic Narrative”.

  • Interviewed by Westword about my podcast, and my series on sexual harassment.

  • Featured guest at Indigenous Pop X, the Native American comic con.

  • Featured author/panel moderator at Tattered Cover’s Teen Book Con 2018.

  • Performed at Denver Art Museum’s “Untitled” event, with artist Thomas “Detour” Evans.

  • Spoke to students at Legend High School about creating their own graphic novels.

  • Main stage emcee and workshop instructor for Arise Music Festival 2018.

  • In a collaboration with Nerd Team 30, interviewed Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek), Charisma Carpenter (Buffy), and Lisa Berry (Supernatural)

  • Spoke to high school students about making a living through a career in the arts at Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy, Overland High School, Strive Prep- Rise, & Cherry Creek High School.

  • Interviewed in Rooster Magazine about surviving a college school shooting.

  • Interviewed about the cultural significance of the Black Panther film by Denver Post and Westword.

  • Featured performer at Untitled: Final Fridays for The Denver Art Museum.

  • Taught Graphic Novel Writing Workshop at the Writer’s Retreat for the Englewood Public Library.

  • Main stage host/workshop leader at 2017 Arise Music Festival.

  • Featured speaker at New York Comic Con’s panel: Books As Flint: Using Graphic Novels to Spark Political Activism.

  • Keynote speaker for Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Philosophy Department event: Art and Advocacy.

  • Spoke to Arvada High School students about careers in creative fields.

  • Yearly host of the awards show for the Denver Independent Comic and Art Expo (DINK).

  • Official Judge for the 2016 Miss Black Colorado Scholarship Pageant.

  • Featured panelist at Denver Comic Con 2016 & 2017.

  • Featured speaker on multiple writers’ panels at AnomalyCon 2016 & 2017.

  • Organized and hosted We Don’t Wear Capes, an event featuring readings by various comic book creators at the Blair Caldwell African-American Research Library. Interviewed by Westword for this event. 

  • Featured author at Tinto Press’ Author Event with other comics creators. 

 

HONORS:

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PREVIOUS YEARS:

  • Writer/Editor for The Black Church and Domestic Violence Project’s national newsletter.

  • Taught songwriting workshops for children at Youth on Record, a non-profit dedicated to helping for under-served youth.

  • Gave a keynote speech for the back-to-school program at Save Our Youth.

  • Performed poetry for teens at Art From Ashes.

  • Taught children about a career in music at Whittier Elementary School.

  • Frequent host of creative/musical events at Denver venues like Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, Dazzle, Herb’s and El Chapultepec

  • For 5 years, at The Walnut Room, host of a monthly open mic event, rapping with a jazz band, and accompanying any musician who got on stage.

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