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Okwui Okpokwasili received a B.A. (1996) from Yale University. Her performance work has been commissioned by the Walker Art Center, Danspace Project, Performance Space New York, the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, the 10th Annual Berlin Biennale, and Jacob’s Pillow, among other institutions. She has held residencies at the Maggie Allesee National Choreographic Center, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the Rauschenberg Foundation Captiva Residency, and New York Live Arts, where she...

Okwui Okpokwasili received a B.A. (1996) from Yale University. Her performance work has been commissioned by the Walker Art Center, Danspace Project, Performance Space New York, the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, the 10th Annual Berlin Biennale, and Jacob’s Pillow, among other institutions. She has held residencies at the Maggie Allesee National Choreographic Center, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the Rauschenberg Foundation Captiva Residency, and New York Live Arts, where she...

Okwui Okpokwasili received a B.A. (1996) from Yale University. Her performance work has been commissioned by the Walker Art Center, Danspace Project, Performance Space New York, the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, the 10th Annual Berlin Biennale, and Jacob’s Pillow, among other institutions. She has held residencies at the Maggie Allesee National Choreographic Center, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the Rauschenberg Foundation Captiva Residency, and New York Live Arts, where she...

Derrick Adams is a Baltimore-born, Brooklyn, New York-based artist whose critically admired work spans painting, collage, sculpture, performance, video, and sound installations. Adams received his MFA from Columbia University and BFA from Pratt Institute. He is an alumnus of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation’s Studio Program. His work resides in the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Studio Museum in Harlem, the Whitney Mus...

Derrick Adams is a Baltimore-born, Brooklyn, New York-based artist whose critically admired work spans painting, collage, sculpture, performance, video, and sound installations. Adams received his MFA from Columbia University and BFA from Pratt Institute. He is an alumnus of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation’s Studio Program. His work resides in the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Studio Museum in Harlem, the Whitney Mus...

Derrick Adams is a Baltimore-born, Brooklyn, New York-based artist whose critically admired work spans painting, collage, sculpture, performance, video, and sound installations. Adams received his MFA from Columbia University and BFA from Pratt Institute. He is an alumnus of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation’s Studio Program. His work resides in the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Studio Museum in Harlem, the Whitney Mus...

Rashida is an accomplished performance artist, choreographer and curator. A United States Artists awardee, Bumbray is one of the inaugural social practice artists in residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Director of Culture and Art at the Open Society Foundation.

Rashida is an accomplished performance artist, choreographer and curator. A United States Artists awardee, Bumbray is one of the inaugural social practice artists in residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Director of Culture and Art at the Open Society Foundation.

Rashida is an accomplished performance artist, choreographer and curator. A United States Artists awardee, Bumbray is one of the inaugural social practice artists in residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Director of Culture and Art at the Open Society Foundation.

Adepero is an actress, director and writer. She is known for her leading role in Pariah (2011), as well as supporting roles in 12 Years A Slave (2013), The Big Short (2015) and When They See Us (2019). Her theatre credits include Danai Gurira's play Eclipsed; Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye; and Fela!, directed and choreographed by Bill T. Jones.

Adepero is an actress, director and writer. She is known for her leading role in Pariah (2011), as well as supporting roles in 12 Years A Slave (2013), The Big Short (2015) and When They See Us (2019). Her theatre credits include Danai Gurira's play Eclipsed; Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye; and Fela!, directed and choreographed by Bill T. Jones.

Adepero is an actress, director and writer. She is known for her leading role in Pariah (2011), as well as supporting roles in 12 Years A Slave (2013), The Big Short (2015) and When They See Us (2019). Her theatre credits include Danai Gurira's play Eclipsed; Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye; and Fela!, directed and choreographed by Bill T. Jones.

Stay tuned for Season One of Shani Jamila’s new podcast Lineage, which will feature live shows and in-depth interviews about the idea of home with some of New York City’s most imaginative thinkers– including MacArthur geniuses, Pulitzer Prize winners and Bessie Award recipients. Check out the trailer for a sneak peek into what’s to come!

Stay tuned for Season One of Shani Jamila’s new podcast Lineage, which will feature live shows and in-depth interviews about the idea of home with some of New York City’s most imaginative thinkers– including MacArthur geniuses, Pulitzer Prize winners and Bessie Award recipients. Check out the trailer for a sneak peek into what’s to come!

Stay tuned for Season One of Shani Jamila’s new podcast Lineage, which will feature live shows and in-depth interviews about the idea of home with some of New York City’s most imaginative thinkers– including MacArthur geniuses, Pulitzer Prize winners and Bessie Award recipients. Check out the trailer for a sneak peek into what’s to come!