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Queen of Wands Mural

sudduth, simiya

Year Grant Awarded: 2024

Queen of Wands is a site-specific public mural painted in Midtown St. Louis in 2024. Adapted from the artist’s ongoing The Confluence Tarot series, the mural centers Indigeneity, healing, and resilience through bold color, botanical imagery, and spiritual symbolism. Read More

Beauty for Ashes

Swinton, JaJa

Year Grant Awarded: 2024

Beauty for Ashes is a collection of drawings and paintings that refutes the slanderous narrative that "Black men are Absentee Fathers." This project confronts the diabolical ways Family Law marginalizes Black men, and underscores the resilience of Black Fathers. Read More