Perspectives: Artist Talk with Oliver Reid and special guest Foxlin

Oliver Reid is a Kansas City-based visual artist, student, and development disability advocate, whose work is rooted in resilience and life as a disabled artist. Oliver uses mixed media, color, and connections to nature, to explore themes of disability and hope. For Oliver, art-making is a communicative and life-saving device, a way of weaving life together to form something whole. Through his work, he invites viewers to witness his world and challenges them to embrace the full spectrum of what it means to be human.

Foxlin is the raw and intimate indie-folk project of Kansas City artist Ryan Johnson, who creates music in the face of terminal cancer and mental health challenges. His evocative sound—acoustic guitar, layered textures, and confessional lyrics—culminates in emotionally immersive releases like the Camper EP. Foxlin’s live shows weave storytelling and song into a powerful act of connection and collective healing.

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