Join us on Thursday, July 3rd at the Civitella Castle for Marcellina Akpojotor and Liliana Colanzi Presentations. We will welcome you with light refreshments at 6:00 PM.
Marcellina Akpojotor
Visual Arts, Nigeria
Born in 1989 in Lagos, Nigeria, Marcellina Akpojotor combines collage and painting to explore femininity, identity, and women’s empowerment. She works with discarded Ankara fabric, investigating its cultural significance and memory. Akpojotor studied at Lagos State Polytechnic and Obafemi Awolowo University after apprenticing with her father. Her exhibitions include solo shows at Rele Gallery (Lagos, 2018; Los Angeles, 2021; London, 2024) and group shows worldwide. She participated in Art Basel Miami Beach (2021) and was a Norval Sovereign African Art Prize finalist (2025).
Liliana Colanzi
Writing, Bolivia/Italy
Liliana Colanzi was born in Bolivia. She has published three short story collections: You Glow in the Dark (New Directions, 2024), Our Dead World (Dalkey Archive Press, 2017), and Vacaciones permanentes (2010). She has received the Ribera del Duero Prize (Spain, 2022), the Narrativas a Escena Award (Spain, 2024), and the Aura Estrada Literary Award (Mexico, 2015). Hay Festival Cartagena named her one of the best Latin American writers under 40 (Bogotá39, 2017). Her work has been translated into eight languages. She is the founder of the Bolivian publishing house Dum Dum Editora.
Thursday, July 3rd 2025
6:00 PM Welcome cocktail
6:15 PM Presentations
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