Wit López

Wit will present the 3rd QT Noir Arts Festival that will showcase the visual art, performance art, and writing of queer and trans artists from throughout the African Diaspora. The event will also host black LGBTQ+ vendors selling merchandise from their businesses and will be an opportunity for paid internships in arts management.

Wit is a disabled and chronically ill, nonbinary trans/gender non-conforming, queer, intersex performance artist of African American and Boricua descent. Wit uses movement, music, costuming, props, and storytelling to address issues that deeply impact their communities by harnessing themes like gender identity/gender fluidity, body image, disability, illness, hairiness, sexuality, Blackness, Latinidad, and class.

They are a classically trained mezzo-soprano, flautist, and actor, with extensive training in West African dance, Afro-Puerto Rican dance, ballet, and modern. Due to disability, illness and gender identity, Wit no longer performs with troupes and began creating performance pieces that allow them to explore their body at its own pace and in ways that are affirming of their gender identity.

Wit López will host the second Black QT Artistic Body which, over the course of two days, showcases the visual art, performance art, and writing of queer and trans artists from throughout the African Diaspora. The event will feature five performers each day and will include a visual art exhibition of work by Black LGBTQ+ artists of varying trainings and backgrounds. Black QT Artistic Body will host Black LGBTQ+ vendors and employ Black LGBTQ+ youth as paid interns, offering them the opportunity to learn about arts management while providing avenues for economic income and transferrable work experience.