Columbia INCITE | Maurice_Jayson Bolton_3-4-19
Q:
All right. You ready? Today's date is March 3, 2019. What's your last name?
BOLTON:
Bolton.
Q:
This is Jason-- No, I say my name. This is Maurice [INAUDIBLE] interviewing Jason Bolton. What's the name of your school?
BOLTON:
Sherman Multicultural Arts School.
Q:
Sherman Multicultural Arts School. Do I have your permission to record this interview for the 2019 portrait project?
BOLTON:
Yes, you do.
Q:
Awesome. This year, we're focusing on young men of color in Milwaukee. [INAUDIBLE] images participants can illustrate how they see themselves, and how they wish to be seen. Word. Where should we start? Should we go back to talking about your art? Or do you want to start with where you grew up?
BOLTON:
I grew up switching house from house, because my mom tried to find one of the perfect houses for me and my two older brothers that I have. I'm the youngest one, out of all of them. We lived in a apartment across the street from a corner store. And one day, that corner store got robbed. And were right next to it. So all the cops were outside. And I didn't know what was happening. It was like the worst [INAUDIBLE] So we moved from there, moved to Brown Deer. We got a house there.
Q:
What's it called?
BOLTON:
Brown Deer.
Q:
Brown Deer. How do you spell it?
BOLTON:
B-R-O-W-N. So we got a house there, stayed there for two years. And then we got another house. It was St. James Apartments. We lived there for a couple months. The rent got too high. And my mom was on lease. So we went to stay with our grandma. We're staying with her currently now until April 1, I think. And then we're moving out to go to another house. And I