Oct 1, 2026   5:30 - 7:00 pm  
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Portrait of Olmeca wearing a black sweatshirt, facing forward against a gray background. Handwritten phrases and bright pink scribbles overlay the image, including “Try me if you will,” “I’m not here…,” “no one is allowed in the wars before me,” and large pink text reading “THE FUTURE IS RACIALIZED.” A bold pink stroke obscures the person’s eyes, creating a confrontational, artistic effect.
Sponsor
Center for Civic Education & Justice
Speaker
Olmeca
Contact
Michelle Naese
E-Mail
naese2@illinois.edu
Originating Calendar
Center for Civic Education & Justice

Experience the transformative power of music, movement, and collective expression with internationally acclaimed artist, activist, and educator Olmeca. 

Blending hip-hop, storytelling, Indigenous and ancestral influences, and social commentary, Olmeca's work moves across genres and borders to explore identity, cultural memory, resistance, healing, and liberation. His performance invites audiences into a powerful exploration of the ways art can connect communities, challenge systems of oppression, and create space for collective imagination. 

More than a performance, this evening is an invitation to experience music and artistic expression as acts of Radical Love—and to consider how joy, creativity, and community can themselves become practices of rebellion. 

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