In the Press
The Social Distancing Festival: Bowie, Maryland, USA - Sadia Alao’s spoken word video Black Girl Bitter is a powerful, unforgettable work, and we are so pleased to feature her as an artist. ABOUT THE ARTIST:
TDPS Newsletter: Theatre major Sadia Alao recently released her first digital picture book, A #BLM Picture Book. (See some pages of her book above.)
Her Campus: A variety of artists have been performing at the NextNOW Fest for the past six years, and the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t going to put a stop to its seventh.
The Kennedy Center: Kennedy Center Announces the Award and Scholarship Recipients of the 2021 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival The John Cauble Awards for Outstanding Short Play went to Omo Mi by Sadia Alao, University of Maryland College Park, and
The Diamondback: UMD art exhibit seeks to elevate voices of Black women and nonbinary people. Sadia Alao wishes people would stop referring to Black women as “strong” — and her piercing words come out in her poetry film “Black Girl Bitter.”
Shoutout LA: Meet Sadia Alao: Writer, Filmmaker, & Director. We had the good fortune of connecting with Sadia Alao and we’ve shared our conversation below.
The Sentinel: Local students create multiple small businesses during summer program. Working out of the new College Park WeWork, the shared co-workspace company’s first location on a college campus (which opened last fall), 15 teams of current students and recent graduates gathered to develop their business ideas.
East City Art: The Stamp Gallery Presents André Terrel Jackson, Akea Brionne, and Sadia Alao In Focus: Representations of Black Womanhood
Do Good Institute: Do Good Student Voices: Sadia Alao. In this series, students will highlight topics they are passionate about and share what they are doing to ignite impact on campus and beyond.
Dingman Blog: TERP STARTUP THE DMV COME UP IS A PRODUCTION COMPANY SERVING PEOPLE OF COLOR This summer, the Dingman Center will be conducting interviews with the fifteen student startups who are participating in our Terp Startup summer accelerator
Capital Gazette: Bowie students pitch business ideas with social benefit. Sadia Alao entered the program thinking she would pitch a jewelry business, but three weeks ago she pivoted to a project she is truly passionate about: building a multimedia production collective for young people of color. It’s called the DMV Come up, and will also feature meet-ups and classes for artists.