Evan Clayburg

ARTIST BIO

Evan Clayburg is a documentary filmmaker and multimedia artist who views art as a transformative tool for community building and social change. His work explores the intersection of art, music, social justice, and environmental movements. His most recent documentary work focuses on parade cultures in places like New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Tulsa. Evan first arrived in Oklahoma on foot – walking over 1,200 miles from California to Norman as part of an artist residency at Dope Chapel. Now living in Tulsa, he has worked as an artist in the U.S. and internationally in Brazil, Mexico, and Japan.

ARTIST PROJECT INFO

"This House Just Ain't No Home" (tentative title) is a documentary film centering on the Sunday Jam Sessions at the Down Home Blues Club in Rentiesville, Oklahoma. In 1988, blues duo D.C. and Selby Minner returned from the road. They transformed Minner’s grandmother’s prohibition-era hall into a lively blues club that became a local hub for socializing and live music. Selby hosted a jam session every Sunday for decades until her untimely death in the summer of 2025. This film seeks to honor her legacy, following the community she cultivated as they strive to keep the Down Home Blues Club going.

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