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Ron Ragin

Make of things. Singer of songs. New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Ron writes, sings, composes, and makes interdisciplinary performances that integrate sound, text, and movement. His creative interests include music of the African Diaspora, embodied ancestral memory, improvisational creative processes, liberation aesthetics, and the development and maintenance of spiritual technologies. Ron grew up in Perry, Georgia and received his earliest musical training at the Saint James Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. His work has received support from Alternate ROOTS, MAP Fund, New England Foundation for the Arts, and Theatre Communications Group, among others. As a researcher, coach, and strategist, Ron partners with artists, nonprofit organizations, and grantmakers, drawing on his creative/production practices as well as decade-long work in cultural philanthropy as a researcher and program officer. Ron makes home in New Orleans.

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