Past Performing Arts

Keioui Keijaun Thomas

Come Hell or High Femmes: The Journey of the Dolls

Columbus Premiere

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Jun 11, 2022 8:00 PM

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Free for all audiences with ticket

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Catch the Columbus premiere of Keioui Keijaun Thomas’s Come Hell or High Femmes: The Journey of the Dolls—an in-gallery performance livestreamed to audiences in our Performance Space.

Set within a postapocalyptic geography made up of paper bags, dead leaves, latex gloves, plastic buckets, and tree stumps, Thomas’s solo performance—presented in conjunction with her films and installation on view in Portal For(e) the Ephemeral Passage—explores camouflage and metamorphosis as modes of survival and transcendence for queer and trans people. She moves through sound, light, poetry, dance, and music to embody personal connection and care, as well as resistance and healing.

Portal For(e) the Ephemeral Passage is an interdisciplinary exhibition curated by jaamil olawale kosoko that amplifies Black feminist voices in contemporary art and performance. Click here to view the complete lineup.

Please note: This performance contains nudity.

IMAGE CAPTION
Keioui Keijaun Thomas performing Come Hell or High Femmes at Performance Space New York, 2021. Image courtesy of the artist, photo: Maria Baranova.

"This is a love letter; a gentle reminder; a kiss up into the sky; a guiding light for black and brown femmes to know that we are here. We have always been here."

Keioui Keijaun Thomas on Come Hell or High Femmes

More about the artist

Keioui Keijaun Thomas (b. Florida) is based in Brooklyn, New York. She earned her MA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her BFA with honors from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Thomas is the inaugural winner of the Queer | Art 2020 Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists and a 2018 Franklin Furnace Fund recipient. Check out the artist's Instagram here.

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Portal For(e) the Ephemeral Passage is organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts and curated by jaamil olawale kosoko in collaboration with all of its programming departments.

PORTAL FOR(E) THE EPHEMERAL PASSAGE MADE POSSIBLE BY
National Endowment for the Arts
New England Foundation for the Arts

EXHIBITIONS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Bill and Sheila Lambert
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Carol and David Aronowitz
Crane Family Foundation
Mike and Paige Crane

FREE GALLERIES MADE POSSIBLE BY
American Electric Power Foundation
Adam Flatto
Mary and C. Robert Kidder
Bill and Sheila Lambert

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PNC Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
The Wexner Family
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Columbus Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Arts Council
American Electric Power Foundation
L Brands Foundation
Adam Flatto
Mary and C. Robert Kidder
Bill and Sheila Lambert
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Nationwide Foundation
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease

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Mike and Paige Crane
Pete Scantland
Axium Packaging
CampusParc
CoverMyMeds
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
President Kristina M. Johnson and Mrs. Veronica Meinhard
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Huntington
Lisa Barton
Johanna DeStefano
Russell and Joyce Gertmenian
Liza Kessler and Greg Henchel
Ron and Ann Pizzuti
Joyce and Chuck Shenk
Bruce and Joy Soll
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