by & for | BLM
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Collectively curated by Jameson Paige, Fabiola Tosi, Alex-Peyton Levine and Pia Singh, by & for | BLM is an Instagram-mediated relief auction for local and national level not for profit organizations working to ensure the safety of Black Trans Lives and Black community organizers working at the forefront of the Black Lives Matter movement. The auction featured thirty three original artworks on the by & for Instagram page on the 20th through the 23rd of June, 2020 rising almost $11,000.
Founded by Pia Singh at the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis in March 2020, by & for was conceived as a platform for artists to directly support one another through the sale of individual artworks. For this edition, raised funds were distributed between Brave Space Alliance, BlackTransFutures, and the Trans Justice Funding Project. In light of the uprising following the death of George Floyd in June 2020, artists and curators have come together to present by & for | BLM in response to an urgent need to defend and protect our communities from the threats of systemic racism, police brutality and anti-blackness. The response has taken the form of a fundraiser, to help raise funds for those who stand at the frontlines and those who have been most vulnerable to the violence of racial oppression. |
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by & for | BLM brought together artists of all ages and of varying degrees of experience, in order to build a collective sense of shared well-being. This edition featured work by : Elena Ailes, Claire Ashley, Angela Azmitia, Lucy Baird, Margaret Crowley, Cass Davis, Madeleine Finley, Rami George, Griffin Goodman, Rosemary Hall, Erin Hayden , Ellen Holtzblatt, Jennifer Huang , Michiko Itatani, Jin Lee, Alex-Peyton Levine, Mev Luna, SaraNoa Mark, Jesse Meredith, Matt Morris, Emily Mulder, Kelly Neibert, Shonna Pryor, Jeff Robinson, Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez , Elaine Rubenoff , Ruby T, Elaine Tanski, Unyimaebasi Udoh, Laura Wetter , William Wiebe , Guanyu Xu and Shanna Zentner.
by & for | BLM was featured on the Chicago Tribune
by & for | BLM was featured on the Chicago Tribune
Rami George, "Untitled" (2016). Photo ⓒ Courtesy of the artist
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Matt Morris, "A Big Groundless Moment" (2019). Photo ⓒ Courtesy of the artist
Michiko Itatani, "Cosmic Wanderlust" (2019). Photo ⓒ Courtesy of the artist
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