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����ɬ’s Leading Women in the Arts honors artist, performer, choreographer and writer as the biennial series returns in person.

Okpokwasili will give on Sunday, October 2, at 4:30 pm in the Gamble Auditorium in the Art Building. The address will be livestreamed. Okwui is an American artist, choreographer and writer. Her multidisciplinary performances draw upon her training in theater, and she describes her work as being at “the intersection of theater, dance and the installation.” Okpokwasili has received several for her performances, including performances in works she wrote and developed herself. In 2018 she was named a , which includes a prestigious grant intended to enable recipients to further develop their talent.

The New York Times, in a review of her show “Bronx Gothic,” called Okpokwasili “a magnetic performer. In a voice that can be confiding or terrifying and movement that can be ugly or sinuous, she holds the show together, lending her story unexpected emotional and physical contours.”

The Leading Women in the Arts series is a collaboration between the