Najee Omar
Najee Omar (he/him) is an award-winning writer, performance artist, and organizer whose multi-disciplinary practice is rooted in cultivating spaces of healing and community building. Named a New York Times Visionary, Najee’s work invokes themes of home and love, specifically at the intersections of blackness and queerness.
As the Founding Executive Director of Spark House, and Curator for The Neighborhood Project, Najee fosters connections between youth and seniors and supports them in creating public art activations that preserve culture and legacy. This, coupled with his work in other artistic mediums, has led to a defining career in poetry, film, and activism.
Najee has been commissioned to perform at and create original programming for BAM (2019), The Public Theater (2019), Lincoln Center (2022), The Met (2023), and more. Recently, his poems can be found in the anthology That's a Pretty Thing to Call It: Prose and Poetry by artists working in carceral institutions (2023) and Poet Lore Magazine (2024). Najee lives and loves in Brooklyn.
During his time in residency, Najee will work on the development of Little Black Book, a tapestry of stories reflecting the nuances, challenges, and triumphs of Black Queer Men and their love journeys.
About Little Black Book
Little Black Book is a tapestry of stories reflecting the nuances, challenges, and triumphs of Black Queer Men and their love journeys. The story follows Omar, a serially-single poet, who after coming out in his early 30s, goes on a series of sexcapades, attempting to find true love.
Omar bares it all and takes the audience through his little black book of lovers, bringing to life lessons learned from juicy and heartbreaking experiences, ultimately resulting in learning to love himself.
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