SPECIAL EVENT!

LUNA LOBA

MOONS OF ABUNDANCE

Part 1 // Sun, Feb 16 
Part 2 // Sun, Mar 15 
Part 3 // Sun, April 5

PRESENTED STREAMING ONLINE

Time: Digital Doors at 7pm
Show ends at 8:30pm.

Admission:
To replace the door income and complete the funds for artist stipends, please consider making a donation via Cash App, Venmo, or PayPal to support this series with a note that says "Luna Loba".
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ABOUT LUNA LOBA
Curated and produced by Shey Rivera Ríos, LUNA LOBA is a performance series that creates space to explore ritual through artistic practice. Performance art, video, spoken word/readings, sound/music, and performative installation. 

This series has been running for three consecutive years in Providence, RI, since 2016, with a hiatus in 2019. Each night features 12 artists across mediums and identities.

The theme of these two next performance nights is ABUNDANCE. Let's reflect on the powers we have, rather than what we feel we might lack. Let’s embody the shift from deficit to abundance.

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​Sun, Feb 16 //  Artist Line Up
Sussy Santana
Janaya Kizzie
Joan Wyand
Lilly Evelet Manycolors
Shey Rivera Ríos
Juditta Musette
Kali Quinn
Vatic Kuumba
Lilliam Nieves
Justice Gaines
Charlotte Abotsi
Jasmine Dreame Wagner

Sun, Mar 15  // Artist Line Up
Ammala Douangsavanh 
Benjamin Lundberg-Torres
Lara Henderson
JR Uretsky
Daphne Gem
Muggs Fogarty
Becci Davis
Shaffany Terell
Noraa Kaplan
Corinne Wahlberg
Mary-Kim Arnold
Hernan Jourdan
Drone Dolores
Gina Rodríguez-Drix

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​​Poster/Design by Andrea Pérez Bessin (Saint Hammer Press). Printed on letterpress by Jacque Bidon, at AS220 Printshop. Stage installations by Helen Santana.

These next two Luna Loba performances are made possible in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Shey Rivera Rios (Photo Credit: Cat Laine, Painted Foot Studio)

Shey Rivera Ríos (pronouns: they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist, cultural strategist, and arts administrator. Their artistic creations span a myriad of topics, from home to capitalism to queerness and magic. Rivera has 10 years of experience in the nonprofit arts sector intersecting creative practice with urban planning and racial equity. Rivera was also former Artistic/Co-Director of AS220, a renowned arts organization and creative incubator in Providence, RI, and successor to AS220 founder Umberto Crenca. After 8 years at AS220, Rivera is now Director of Inclusive Regional Development at MIT CoLab, in the Dept of Urban Studies and Planning of MIT, where they co-design and implement workshops on collective leadership and community innovation in Colombia. Rivera has a BA in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR-Rio Piedras), and graduate studies in Contemporary Media and Culture from the University of the Sacred Heart, San Juan, Puerto Rico. They serve on the City of Providence's Design Review Committee of the Dept of Planning, appointed by the Mayor of Providence. And is on the board of directors of the Alliance of Artist Communities. Key artistic projects are the LUNA LOBA performance series and the FANTASY ISLAND transmedia project. 

Shey Rivera Ríos is a 2020 Artist-in-Residence at The Wilbury Group. During their time at TWG, they will present the LUBA LOBA series, coordinate the 2020 OLNEYVILLE EXPO at the Providence Fringe Festival this summer alongside Darcie Dennigan, and premiere a Queer Latinx short play and immersive experience in August, based on the story of ANTIGONE. 

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