In the week leading up to Juneteenth, Baltimore audiences will have the opportunity to spend quality time with Black woman geniuses, teenage edition.

A troupe of 10 students from four Baltimore middle and high schools have been working with the Baltimore rap artist, writer and musician Wordsmith (birth name Anthony Parker) to create a public performance inspired by “Black Woman Genius,” an art exhibit running through Sept. 30 at the Reginald F. Lewis of Maryland History & Culture.

The troupe, called “My Brilliant Shines,” will show off the results of their research and rehearsals during an hourlong public performance at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the museum.

The performance is included with museum admission.

Parker said this is his second year of an ongoing collaboration with the Lewis aimed at crafting performances inside galleries influenced by the artworks on view, a partnership he said is proving mutually beneficial.

“When you can combine art with theater,” he said, “it gives my kids exposure to a larger audience while also bringing more eyes to the exhibits.”

“Black Woman Genius” focuses on the creativity, passion and craft of Elizabeth Talford Scott, a quiltmaker and the first teacher of the MacArthur Award-winning multimedia artist Joyce J. Scott. The exhibit at the Lewis showcases Talford Scott’s pioneering quilts alongside fiber art created by seven contemporary regional artists: Murjoni Merriweather, Nastassja Swift, Joan M.E. Gaither, Mahari Chabwera, Aliana Grace Bailey, Glenda Richardson and Kibibi Ajanku.

Each of the young female thespians will perform a two-minute monologue inspired by the life of one artist, while the troupe’s two male members will serve as the narrator and portray the men in the artists’ lives.

Parker wrote the monologues and said it has been fun to see members of his troupe begin to absorb not just the artists’ mannerisms, but also the life lessons that each has learned.

“This project puts my kids in touch with their ancestors,” he said.

“By embodying strong Black women who have come through hard times, my kids are rehearsing how to overcome their own challenges.”