Tree of Fire is a play written by RAW founder Jesse Bliss that has been on its journey since 2009. Excerpts of the piece have been performed at UCLA, Theatre of Note and S.P.A.R.C. @ The Old Jail in Venice, and a full staged reading was presented at the former Lincoln Heights Jail.

The Roots and Wings Project is dedicated to cultivating unique creative expression in all people.  We offer workshops for a range of audiences including children, young adults, women and professional artists.  Workshops allow participants to identify and-or express their voice, recognize any obstacles to growth, and uncover untold stories using the power of writing and acting.  Seasoned educator Jesse Bliss has extensive experience teaching in public schools, jails, universities, homeless shelters and community arts institutions. For workshops please contact The Roots and Wings Project at therootsandwingsproject@gmail.com.

Some of Los Angeles' most powerful poets unite again in the glow our sold-out Occupy This! event in January in Boyle Heights at Casa 0101 produced and hosted by Jesse Bliss and Josefina Lopez.

This gathering of artists features poets such as Mike "The Poet" Sonksen and Sean Hill, is produced by The Roots and Wings Project as a busking fund raiser for our upcoming program- Guerrilla Camp: Art as a Weapon. Guerrilla Camp is a 2 day media literacy workshop for Skid Row teenagers including visual art, theater, music and writing components.

On April 28th, ART AS A WEAPON will celebrate the transcendent power of art and the limitless possibility of the human spirit, dispelling stereotypes and advancing media literacy through the spoken word.

The Roots and Wings Project has partnered with Quality Collective Producer Peter Woods and Downtown Los Angeles's The Last Bookstore for a site-specific World Premiere of

A Record of Light
by RAW founder Jesse Bliss. 

October 29, 2011 - November 20, 2011
Saturdays and Sundays @ 8:00pm

"You don’t come out of this life alive…to know your life’s purpose is to dare to go where it leads…"

The complete sacred knowledge of all human experience is being housed in secret, in a downtown Los Angeles bookstore. Orelia Key, a woman whose spirit moves faster than her body can handle, is determined to access it. On this mission, she encounters denizens of the bookstore - analog people - who in a world of technology, discover the link between body and the substance of the soul.

IGNITE was an evening of music, spoken word and art bringing together the talents of visual artists, actors, spoken word performers, musicians and DJs in support of Tree of Fire, a play written by The Roots and Wings Project founder Jesse Bliss. The evening featured artists such as Mike the Poet, Heriberto Luna, Miriam Glover, Jacques C. Smith, DJ's Sloe POke and Cee Brown and live music from the Tree of Fire score performed by GG of Dakah Hip-Hop Orchestra and, Audio Angel of San Francisco and Fanny Franklin. RAW were honored to hold this event at SPARC (Old Venice Jail): a community-based public art center that has produced, presented and preserved sites of public memory since 1976. 

Diamonds is a full-length dance/theater production written by Jesse Bliss and choreographer Amy Campion. Directed by Tony Award Nominee Mary-Joan Negro with additional consultation from dance legend Rennie Harris. Performed at UCLA.