An exploration of how we honor and occupy despite decaying surroundings and the disappearance of recipes. Identity and the transforming of. What does it mean to feel whole in incomplete environments? A sub-focus on how we keep our brothers, fathers, sons and how we keep ourselves as women under the guise of show-runners. How we congregate, celebrate, and initiate sanctification of Blackness. A take on perspective from a West Baltimore Girl who has been privileged to see the world and create her own but remembers home most vividly.
CHEYANNE ZADIA is an interdisciplinary creator, musician and director from West Baltimore, Maryland. Her works include visual and performance art, poetry, composing, filmmaking, conceptual design, and curatorial practice. The basis of her work speaks to perspective, memorials of black culture, social relativity, spirituality, and the merging of sub-cultures. Her performances range from large festivals, museums, and sidewalks to singing the National Anthem at the Baltimore Orioles Opening Game. Following the release of her debut album ‘Vacants’ her work has received widespread support as she has been featured in various publications including BmoreArt, City Paper, The Afro, True Laurels, The New York Times, Baltimore Banner and ID Magazine. Zadia was named Best New Artist by Baltimore Magazine (2020), was awarded Johns Hopkins University’s Saul Zaentz Fellowship in 2022, and Ruby’s Artist Grant Fellow in 2023. She is also the director of The Alpha Female Festival, Baltimore’s first all female ran festival which serves as a celebration of women artists, creators, and professionals.
PHOTO CREDIT: A. Kenney
