For our Pride Month exhibit theme, we returned to our roots. The LGBTQ community owes their freedoms to riots and protests like Stonewall, so that we could have our celebrations today. We are also intersectional, and we are nothing without QTIPOC – so we have especially welcomed artwork from black or visible minority artists, and we have committed to continue featuring a diverse range of artists and perspectives. In solidarity with and support for the Black Lives Matter movements, we have included a list of resources and individual fundraisers led by our featured artists on our online gallery page below.
We remember Marsha P. Johnson during Pride; her legacy is significant today through the Marsha P. Johnson Institute, which ‘protects and defends the human rights of black transgender people by organizing, advocating, creating an intentional community to heal, developing transformative leadership, and promoting our collective power‘.
We also remember the lost lives of black LGBTQ peoples, and join the voices calling for justice, equal rights and safe spaces free of discrimination and violence. The transgender community remains the most vulnerable – 2020 has already seen at least 16 transgender or gender non-conforming people fatally shot or killed by other violent means (HRC). #SayTheirNames: Tony McDade, Tete Gulley, Layleen Polanco, Nina Pop, Monika Diamond, Dominique Fells, Riah Milton
Raffling pieces for donations to Don’t Shoot PDX
Donate to receive illustration(s) and/or coloring pages from the artist
digital art / www.ezrawsmith.com/donate
Prints, stickers, and magnets sold on the artist’s website, with 100% proceeds donated
Justice, Justice, Shall you Pursue (2020) / Jessica Nora @jessicanoraartist / acrylic on canvas / www.jessicanora.com/jessicanorastore/black-lives-matter-fundraiser
digital art / fiverr.com/robsosketch
Winter: “Feel my muff/Cum to my window?”
Spring: “Trim my bush/Scissor sisters”
Summer: “Prick’d by thorns/Full bloom”
Autumn: “Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Easter/ Spice cake”
Black Is Beautiful (NYC, 2017) / Slava Mogutin @SlavaMogutin / photography, digital collage / slavamogutin.com
Model Brandon Bailey styled by Long Nguyen for Flaunt Magazine
Warrior at Rest (2020) / Jarrett Key @jar.key / oil on cement (fresco) / jarrettkey.com
Donated 100% of sales to Snap 4 Freedom
Maybe It’s A Girl Crush, Maybe You’re Queer (2020) / Phoebe Taylor @plantbasedprintss / digital
Proceeds to Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline
Auction proceeds to Center for Black Equity
Valton Jackson (2020) / Sherman Yee @shermanyee / watercolor 9×12, live model paintings / shermanyee.com
All profits donated to Black Lives Matter
Auctioned proceeds to Emergency Release Fund
G(End)er (2020) / Jason Kattenhorn for Sassify Zine @sassifyzine @talesofblackeyedjack / digital illustration / talesofblackeyedjack.com / sassifyzine.com
Day 1, 30gaysin30days, Asia Kate Dillon (2020) / Pierre McDermott @PierreMcDermott1 / digital
Georgia Couver @georgiacouver87 /
oil on canvas / georgiacouver.wixsite.com/officialwebsite
Zulfadly (Zulfa) @_pokyo_ /
collage and acrylic on mixed media paper
Carl Grauer @carlgrauer /
oil and gold leaf on canvas, 48″ x 24″ panels / www.carlgrauer.com
Jordain Molloy Gillen @jordainmolloygillen / photography / jordainmolloygillen.wixsite.com/jordainmolloygillen
The Pink Canvas team has compiled a list of resources, organizations, advocacy groups, fundraisers, and black businesses to endorse. We also encouraged our artists to submit their local/regional resources as well, so we could lend our platform to highlight their missions. We strongly urge you to visit, donate, share or educate with our list!
Brazil:
Portland, OR:
Toronto, ON:
Atlanta, GA:
Harlem, NY:
Vancouver, BC
UK:
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