Sage Ni'Ja Whitson

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Sage Ni'Ja Whitson
Occupation(s)Interdisciplinary Artist, Writer, Performer, Founder/Artistic Director of The NWA Project

Sage Ni'Ja Whitson is an interdisciplinary artist, performer, writer and the founder/artistic director of The NWA Project. Whitson is non-binary and gender non-conforming, and uses the pronouns they/them. [1] [2]

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Career

A Bessie-Award-winning interdisciplinary artist, performer and writer, Whitson has been referred to as "majestic" [3] and "magnetic" [4] by The New York Times , and is recognized by Brooklyn Magazine as being one of the 100 culture influencers. [5] Recent awards include a Hedgebrook Residency, LMCC Process Space Residency, Bogliasco Fellowship, Brooklyn Arts Exchange Artist Residency, two-time Creative Capital "On Our Radar" award including being an inaugural recipient, among many other recognitions across disciplines.

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References

  1. ↑ "Sage Ni'Ja Whitson". Creative Capital. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
  2. ↑ "Sage Ni'Ja Whitson". UCR | Department of Black Study. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
  3. ↑ Seibert, Brian (August 14, 2014). "Taking City Moves From the Street to the Lawn 'Dancing Through the Bronx' Makes a Stop at Wave Hill". New York Times. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  4. ↑ Burke, Siobhan (January 10, 2017). "American Realness: Subversive, Crowded and Lit by Vital Sparks". New York Times.
  5. ↑ Miller, Rachel (March 13, 2017). "Brooklyn 100 Influencer: Ni'Ja Whitson, Interdisciplinary Artist". Brooklyn Magazine.
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