Art is a vessel that reclaims and rewrites the world around us. The Aravani Art Project homes in on this fact, using art as a method to bring the voices from the LGBTQIA+ and transgender community to light. Hosted by both trans and cis women, their mission is to use various art projects in the surrounding community to “reclaim” these spaces from the rising “discrimination, stigma, and systemic inequality” in India.
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Amy Sherald is famously known for portrait of Michelle Obama – becoming one of the first Black artists to receive presidential portrait commissions from the National Portrait Gallery. Her work nowadays currently sells for upwards of 4.2 million; however, she does not take this influence lightly. Sherald’s role in the community is much more than an artist. She stands as a leader in the world of arts, unafraid of letting her voice and message speak out even when putting her own exhibition at stake.
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Boundless HER 