We’re tapping into the power of community, art, and creativity to inspire voters

Karelle Levy is a Miami Based fashion designer and textile artist. KRELwear, her knitwear brand founded in 2002, is known for its innovative approach to knitwear and specializes in handmade one-of-a-kind garments. The brand’s philosophy is rooted in eco-friendly and zero-waste practices. Celebrities Nicki Minaj, Alanis Morissette, Elena Rose, and Wisin dancers at the Latin Grammy Awards have adorned Levy's creations. Levy creates large-scale, site-specific installations and two-dimensional pieces incorporating a vast array of yarns and colors, her work has been featured in The New York Times, Women’s Wear Daily, and Lucky Magazine.

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Brian Pinkney has illustrated numerous acclaimed books for children, including Martin Rising; In Your Hands; On the Ball; The Faithful Friend; Duke Ellington; and In the Time of the Drums. Pinkney has won numerous awards including: the Coretta Scott King Honor Award for illustration on three occasions, and the Coretta Scott King medal. He is a five-time NAACP Image Award nominee, the recipient of many American Library Association Notable Book citations, and was acknowledged by National Council for Teachers of English for his vast contribution to the field of children’s literature. He has been exhibited at: The Art Institute of Chicago, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, The Detroit Institute of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The School of Visual Arts, and The Society of Illustrators. Brian Pinkney lives in Brooklyn, with his wife and frequent collaborator, author Andrea Davis Pinkney, their two children.

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Ester Partegàs (La Garriga, Barcelona, 1972) is an artist who creates conditions of possibility for building forms of relation against the backdrop of global flows of capital and their attendant power structures. Recent exhibitions include: Ballroom Marfa; TEA Tenerife, Palazzo Delle Exposizione; Nogueras Blanchard; Fundació Joan Miró; Essex Flowers; Pure Joy; Conde Duque; The Drawing Center; the Museum of the City of NY; Transborder Biennial, El Paso Museum of Art + Museo de Arte Ciudad Juárez. Partegàs was the recipient of the Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship, Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, and Fundación Botín Grant, among others. Partegàs has been faculty at Yale School of Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, SUNY Purchase and currently teaches at Parsons School of Design. She moves between New York City, Marfa TX and Barcelona.

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Leah is the creator of Moonlight Offerings and Tattoos x Moonlight. She is an artist, astrologer, and tattooer based in Denver, CO. Her art is influenced by nature, mysticism, and beauty. She is particularly interested in the creative process and how the subconscious communicates through symbols and imagery. Leah's astrology practice blends into her art through Tattoos x Moonlight, where she offers hand poked talismans inspired by intuitive readings.

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@tattoosxmoonlight

Mayela Rodriguez is a social practice artist reimagining institutional critique as a collective, inclusive, and healing process for communities. By facilitating the production of community-made collections, Mayela seeks to remind participants of the inherent power of their creative voices in making change. Most recently, Mayela has worked on collaborative projects with communities in Ann Arbor, Michigan, New Cuyama and Santa Barbara, California. Rodriguez worked with Listings Project for six years as their Editorial Designer. Rodriguez is currently a tenure-track professor in the Art Department at Compton College in Los Angeles.

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Christine Juon is a queer illustrator based in Oakland, California. Her work loves to focus on clean, crisp shapes that are brought to life with vibrant colors. She is motivated to convey concepts with empathy, clarity, and a little humor.

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Living in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, Kasha Cooper has had the privilege of being surrounded by many creative people. She states that there is no Perfect way to be an artist and Art only becomes interesting when you find your unique path. Being motivated by the many aspects of her daily life and having a profound love for fashion and figure drawing, Cooper has been able to finally find her path. She creates Stylistic Portraits (people and clothing) starting with works of herself. These works hint on issues of self-love, reflection and the many interests that she and others have.
We all have a story.  Cooper shares it through perspectives of vulnerability and also that of a strong individual. Figure drawing is very vulnerable, you can’t hide your imperfections. She finds that with clothing too. Cooper wants to show that clothing is more about your style and your uniqueness, it is the outward expression of how we see ourselves. You Decide!

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@kshe.doesart

Kasha Cooper's artwork originally appeared with Amplifier. Shared on Voter Action Project with permission from the artist.

Edwina Portocarrero is a research-based designer, artist and educator from Mexico City. Portocarrero's work sits at the intersection of human-computer interaction and the built environment where she investigates the relationships between technology, learning, play, and design. Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues such as: Seoul Biennale of Architecture, MIT Museum, Museo Tamayo, Museo del Banco de Mexico, Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura, CHI Interactive, SXSW, and Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Speaking engagements include: Experience Fighters, AdWeek, EmTech and O’Reilly’s Solid conference. Portocarrero is currently at the Moholy Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest.

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@edwinaportocarrero

Stephanie Diamond is an artist, entrepreneur and Founder / CEO of Listings Project. She creates communities of collective self-care. The largest community she has created to date is Listings Project. As a social practice artist, she creates with a community as opposed to an audience. She has exhibited at MoMA, MASS MoCA, MoMA/P.S. 1, Studio Museum in Harlem, Queens Museum of Art, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Project Row Houses, Contemporary Art Center (Vilnius, Lithuania), to name a few.

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