Join Bryttney-Mischele Salvant for an intimate afternoon of poetry, storytelling, and reflection in the beautiful Art Produce Garden, celebrating the release of her new book, The Way Roots Grow. The event will feature a live poetry reading followed by a book signing.

The Way Roots Grow is the culmination of over a decade of poetry and three years of Bryttney’s Black All Year series. The book reflects on identity, resilience, and collective memory.

Bryttney-Mischele Salvant (She/They) is a surreal expressionist artist whose interdisciplinary practice bridges visual art, poetry, and collaborative experience to illuminate Black excellence through lived experience. In 2020, she founded Poetic Artistry, a transformative platform dedicated to representation, cultural storytelling, and social justice.

Now based at Space 4 Art, Bryttney-Mischele continues to create immersive, interdisciplinary work that challenges systemic inequities and centers empowerment within the BIPOC community.

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This free event is provided by Space 4 Art and sponsored by The Prebys Foundation. The Arts Ecosystem grant aims to bring more art funding to the San Diego Art Economy. The grant is part of the Prebys Foundation’s 2025 Emergency Arts Investment, which responds to significant challenges facing the region’s arts sector, including federal and state funding cuts, rising operational costs, and the need to preserve vital community spaces for creativity.

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