June 19, 2020
Indigenous artists stand with the Black Lives Matter movement as part of new community initiative
Author: Gabriella Angeleti
In the wake of the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests responding to the police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other black people in the US, two Native American organisations are launching an initiative to support Indigenous artists to create works that explore the parallels of systemic racism against black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) communities. The Rapid Response Art Fund aims to express that Indigenous communities—who are three times more likely to be killed by t