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Dancers

By Martha Nodar

work is featured on Emmy award-winning shows including the FOX drama “Empire” and ABC’s hit comedy “Black-ish.”

Additional contributing artists include: Christopher Chambers, Jason Kofke, Gwendolyn “Kitty” Pope, Lionel Daniel, Heritage High School, Lumumba Mogerie, Max Woo, Nelly Bonilla, Rachel K. Garceau, Bent Frequency, Sanithna Phansavanh, Angela Davis Johnson, AllWays Open Creative, Brandon Sadler, Balmori Associates, and Vex Nea.

The theme for this year’s ELEVATE event is Forever I Love Atlanta (F.I.L.A.), and will feature a special art installation presented by Rico Wade and Ray Murray of the Atlantabased hip-hop production company Organized Noize. All of the programs, workshops and lectures presented during ELEVATE are free and open to the public.

For a full schedule of the ELEVATE 2015 programs and participating artists, visit ocaatlanta.com.