On Juneteenth, local artist Liz Williams projected a gorgeous video along with other artwork on the Vance Monument and the Asheville Art Museum.
The project was intended to honor the lives of black folks stolen through police brutality and transphobic violence. Liz Williams is a black and queer artist who wanted to bring attention to the fact that while lives have been stolen and destroyed by police brutality, racism, and transphobia, black queer people remain and refuse to be erased.
As part of the display the artist projected onto the Asheville Art Museum a video featuring renderings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Nina Pop, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and Marsha P. Johnson. There was also a projection onto the Vance monument of the words “Defend Black Lives” and “Black Lives Matter.”
Liz Williams is an artist from Columbia, S.C., who moved to Asheville more than ten years ago. Through means of photography, digital mixed media, and graphic design, Liz seeks to collaborate with her community and create uplifting artwork and conversation reflective of the LGBTQ identity and the nuances of it. Find more of her work at makemesomeart.com and southernequality.org/southern-equality-studios/.
Prepared by the Campaign for Southern Equality.