Stonewall inspired concert features composer Benjamin Boone and poet Faylita Hicks

October 8, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

Black and white headshots of Benjamin Boone and Faylita Hicks with their names spelled out in text on a dark blue textured background.

Presented by the Center for Creativity and the Arts, “Benjamin Boone and Faylita Hicks: Nobody Promised You Tomorrow Concert and Poetry Reading” begins at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in the Phebe Conley Art Gallery courtyard. The outdoor concert and indoor art exhibit are free and open to the public.

CCA presents bilingual exhibition ‘News from the Kingdom of Yuppieland’

March 1, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Rocío Caballero stands in front of her desk and a painting in her studio

In this dystopian world, the gray goblins “crush” on men of finance and power with pressed suits in absurd child-like situations. The men feed on the dreams they steal in blind obedience while controlling their subordinates through deception, sleight of hand, masquerades and spells. In creating these characters, Caballero evokes humor as she criticizes power structures.