Photography by Nabila Wirakusumah
As soon as we arrived at Audrey Lyall’s studio in Brooklyn and she greeted us, her one-of-a kind creative eye could already be captured with her style. She embodies the confidence and vibrant energy of the maximalist subjects found in her artwork. Audrey uses a variety of materials such as acrylic paint, watercolor, clay, fabric, collaged paper, and more to create maximalist Afro-futurist works. To Audrey, “everything in the world is an art material”
Read MoreRen Whaleboat is an Indigenous artist based in Sydney, Australia with both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander roots. Ren’s preferred medium is realism charcoal with contrasting line work portraiture resulting in breathtaking canvases that celebrate diverse features by precisely capturing every detail of the human face and body.
Read MorePhotography by Tianna Howard, Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Angel Boyd is an NYC-based creative director and vocalist in the sibling band Infinity Song which is signed by Jay-Z to his record label RocNation.
Read MoreJordan Chanetsa is a performance artist, writer, and activist for LGBTQIA+ rights from Harare, Zimbabwe and currently based in Cologne, Germany. As a trans woman and creative from Zimbabwe, Jordan aims to use her voice and platform to inspire and empower the overlooked and underserved queer community
Read MoreMia Ohki is a Métis-Japanese-Canadian artist known for her iconic emotive linework illustrations. Mia’s work covers a range of themes from how we can better take care of our planet to fusing traditional motifs and cultural elements from her diverse background.
Read MoreMiléna Bucholz is a freelance illustrator and visual artist based in Paris. Inspired by childhood vacations in Guadeloupe, her mother’s native country and the beauty of biodiversity, her illustrations are vibrant and warm reminders of her culture and identity.
Read MoreTalisa Almonte is an Afro-Dominican illustrator and artist raised in Miami and now based in Queens, NY. She’s the owner of Almonte Studio, named in honor of her artist father. After exciting partnerships with Disney+ and the Women’s Box Collective, Talisa shows us endless possibilities
Read MoreJasdeep Kang (she/they) is an NYC-based filmmaker, photographer, editor, DJ, and musician from California. Grounding their art in fantasy, joy, care, integrity, and community, Jasdeep’s work draws attention to how we can interact with one another in a more present and loving way.
Read MoreKasey-Lynn “Kasinator” Rodriguez is the multi-faceted creator of Puerto Rican, Irish, and German descent behind Kasinator Visuals. Through intimate portraits of everyday people in the South Bronx, she captures serendipitous moments of her native hometown through a lens of authenticity and reverence for its history and culture: “The Bronx is beautiful, simple as that.”
Read MoreKayla Rodgers is a Los Angeles-based producer, journalist, and Founder of KSK Productions, LLC. Kayla has had many opportunities to produce for companies like CNN and CBS and recently produced the CNN documentary Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street, recounting the racist massacre of the affluent renaissance black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Read MoreLe’Andra LeSeur is a multidisciplinary artist whose work celebrates Blackness, contemplates the experience of invisibility, and seeks to dismantle and reclaim stereotypes surrounding Black female identity. Le’Andra’s latest multichannel video and performance piece for The Shed’s Open Call, There is no movement without rhythm, dissects the effects rhythm has on the body in its quest for liberation.
Read MoreBorn and raised in NYC, Vanessa Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American illustrator and designer. Vanessa’s work focuses on their Vietnamese upbringing and how we can bond cross-culturally over food, cheeky designs, generational healing, and self-awareness.
Read MoreBy Kayla Caban
Jada-Amina is a South Side Chicago born and based, Black Indigenous American writer, interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, cultural worker and musician. Their work is deeply committed to protecting Black children, women, of trans and queer Black life and ensuring they feel seen and heard.
Read MoreBy Tiara Starks
Jenny is an illustrator & designer based in NYC who is currently working at NBC as an Art Director on the Today Show. Raised in Vancouver, Canada, She graduated at the School of Visual Arts with her BFA. Her client list includes companies such as TIME’S UP, Zappos, Allure, Nike, and Buzzfeed.
Read MoreVanezza Cruz is an AfroLatina visual artist and designer based in NYC. Vanezza’s work centers her experience as a darker-skinned Latina who is challenging the Eurocentric standards of not only beauty but the fine arts world that disempowers the BIPOC community and in particular, black women.
Read MoreBy Kayla Caban
Anisa Olufemi M. is a Washington, D.C. based curator, writer, multidisciplinary artist, and art related programming coordinator of Afro-Trinidadian and Black American descent.
Read MoreOriginally from Lisbon, Portugal, Mariana dos Santos Pires is a London-based photographer of Mozambican and Portuguese descent. Mariana describes her photographs as “capturing the moment” and not controlling it, a distinction that speaks to the effortless and authentic representation of her subjects.
Read MoreAlbany Andaluz is a Caribbean and Mestizan multidisciplinary artist from the South Bronx. By integrating various mediums such as textiles, photography, paint, and sculpture, Albany’s art focuses on de-centering westernized perspectives and habits such as wastefulness for a more culturally responsive outlook.
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