Events
Schedule
Disobedient Women: Afro-Queer Art and Performance
Join us for the official book launch of Disobedient Women: Afro-Queer Art and Performance in Puerto Rico, by Anastasia Valecce, Ph.D. This event echoes the disobedient research methodology of Dr. Valecce by incorporating experimental performance 'disruptions' by Sydney White and Marquez Turner, as well as a conversation with Aku Kadogo (Theatre & Performance) and T. Lang (Dance Performance & Choreography). You can also purchase a signed copy of the book!
Date: Thursday, Oct. 29
Time: 6 p.m. (Doors open at 5 p.m.)
Location: Prince Theater, Center for Innovation & the Arts (CI&A), Spelman College
In Disobedient Women, Anastasia Valecce, Ph.D., centers the voices and aesthetics of four Afro-queer Puerto Rican contemporary artists—Gisela Rosario Ramos (Macha Colón), Awilda Rodríguez Lora, Helen Ceballos, and Awilda Sterling-Duprey. Valecce shows how these women have used performance, visual art, and activism to resist colonial, racial, and gender oppression on the archipelago.
Here and Now, A Spelman Dance Improvisation Experience
Join the Department of Dance Performance and Choreography for Here and Now, an evening of movement, spontaneous creativity and live performance. The experience will begin with an open improvisation jam led by Rainy Demerson and Kathleen Wessel, followed by improvisational performances featuring Spelman students and faculty artists.
Friday, Oct. 30, 2026
6 p.m. | B-Complex
1272 Murphy Ave., Atlanta, GA
Event Schedule
6-7 p.m. | Open Improv Jam
Join Rainy Demerson and Kathleen Wessel for an open improvisation jam exploring movement, collaboration and creative expression.
7-7:30 p.m. | Improvisational Performances
Experience improvisational performances by Spelman students and faculty members Rainy Demerson, Morgan Hawkins and Kathleen Wessel.
This event is open to the public, with a suggested donation of $10. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
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