Alajia McKizia
Sunday Soul
Alajia McKizia's 2022 Populus Fund project, Sunday Soul, is a five part event series, centering women identifying artists and connecting communities through culturally exceptional experiences.
About the Artist
Based in Omaha, Nebraska, Alajia McKizia is an afro-indigenous multidisciplinary artist working in performance, herbalism, visual art, curation, and event organizing. McKizia was a 2020 Inside/Outside Fellow at the Union For Contemporary Art where she debuted her movement performance film honoring deceased black women in Omaha titled “Resonate.” She is the co-founder & current sole organizer of HIATUS Healing Collective, an herbal mutual aid collective providing free healing kits to the BIPOC community. Alajia has featured interactive community art projects to explore themes of Black liberation throughout Omaha, as well as participated in group exhibits at The Bemis for Contemporary Art, Kaneko, TugBoat Gallery, Amplify Arts, and more. Alajia is the festival organizer for a free Black Arts & Culture Festival, Juneteenth Joy Fest. She has also curated performance events at Fabric Lab, Outrspaces, empty lots, and other Omaha sites. (Banner photo credit: Erin Mitchell @Imagerybyerin.)
Website: Alajia.art
IG: @afra_m00n
