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ADAMA Arts Salon | Ep #62

Join us for ADAMA's upcoming Arts Salon. Oronike Odeleye to moderate a conversation with sculptural artists Ellex Swavoni and Grace Kisa. About Moderator: Oronike Odeleye is a skilled Arts & Entertainment Project Manager with over 20 years of experience in Business Administration, Account Management, and Event Planning and Logistics in service of artists, organizations, and projects aimed at creating meaningful public engagement with the Art & Culture of Africa and the Black Diaspora. From July 2022 to February 2025, Oronike has served as the Artistic Director of the National Black Arts Festival (NBAF), a non-profit recognized as the oldest in the country dedicated exclusively to the support and promotion of Black art and artists. Ellex Swavoni: At the young age of nine encountering art toys online ignited a lifelong passion for sculpture. With resourcefulness and the power of the internet, Swavoni taught herself the art of sculpting and creating toy-like figurative sculptures. She pursued graphic design at Campbellsville University, earning a Bachelor of Science in 2014. During her studies, she developed an art practice focused on Afro-futurism, depicting women as powerful entities and reimagining ancient ideas through a futurist lens. Grace Kisa: As a multimedia artist whose primary form of expression is mixed media sculpture, Kisa's work draws inspiration from a childhood spent in Kenya, Ethiopia, Botswana, Virginia and as a practicing artist in Georgia (US). By transforming what is familiar, she creates narratives that engage various histories while working through concepts of intersectional identities, examining migration processes and cultural exchange beyond borders. _________ ADAMA Arts Salon is a series of conversations featuring contemporary artists, curators, scholars, and more from across the African Diaspora.