Join the Pirates and our partner 1Hood Media as we recognize liberated communities through art, education and social justice. We are honored to be featuring local diverse artists of all mediums during the Pirates Juneteenth game on Tuesday, June 18 on the Highmark Riverwalk at PNC Park. Fans can enjoy interactive art displays and mingle with local artists and creators.
She is a Black artivist born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania working in the mediums of visual art, jewelry, and poetry. She is self-taught, seeking to support movements that advance the lives of Black women and girls through celebrating our beauty and advocating for futures that allow us to thrive.
Follow on Instagram: @blackgirlabsolute
Email: info@blackgirlabsolute.com
I have been making art for 13 years. Art is a passion for me because art is a sense of communication. I fall in love with the process of creating something that comes from my mind and watching it unfold. I am inspired by the conscious mind, music, and emotion. More specifically, I am inspired by black culture. I know that without culture, there would be no art.
Follow on Instagram: @ashantedj
Email: ajoseyart@gmail.com
Sasha Igwe, also known as Ifeoma, is a Pittsburgh-based artist and illustrator who transcribes her personal and shared experiences into artwork exploring themes of existentialism, spirituality, and self-reflection. Much of her art explores Africana identity and motifs, though what is most prominent in her artwork is how she colorfully displays Black people in unorthodox ways.
Follow on Instagram: @ifeomacreates11
Email: ifeomacreates@gmail.com
Jameelah Platt, a Pittsburgh native, is an interdisciplinary artist and visual storyteller. She uses color, texture and collage to find new ways to reanimate and explore the stories of people of color. In her work, she creates complex visual language which she hopes viewers will decode, explore and reflect upon. Platt is a teaching artist at Assemble Gallery.
Follow on Instagram: @mimi_zaza
Email: jameelahpr@gmail.com
Morgan Overton (b. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1993) is a visual artist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She creates across various mediums to vibrantly interpret social, cultural, and political issues as an ode to the bell hooks quote: “The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is – it's to imagine what is possible”.
Follow on Instagram: @mointhestudio
Email: mointhestudio@gmail.com
Evangeline is a photographer, stylist, and engineer based in Pittsburgh, PA. As a self-taught photographer and stylist, her hybrid genre in this medium lends itself well to portraying undaunted characters through their vulnerability. Much of her work is inspired by the banalities of daily life and the idiosyncrasies of the people around her, capturing them to show the transcendent nature of the mundane. She is exploring film as a storytelling medium to probe the temporal aspect of identity.
Follow on Instagram: @evangelinema
Email: evvma.info@gmail.com
Camerin “Camo” Nesbit was born in Pittsburgh, PA. A Homewood native and resident, Camerin uses his eye popping mural work to explore the importance of representation of the black body in public art. Engaging in community with every paint stroke. You can see Camo’s work all over the city of Pittsburgh, as well as around the US.
Follow on Instagram: @camocustomz
Email: camocre8ions@gmail.com
Alecia Dawn Young is an arts worker and educator with over 15 years of experience in community art and wellness education. The founder of YOGAMOTIF, she believes the creative process is an invitation to heal and invests her time in people, projects, and communities that explore these practices. She is a former K-12 art teacher who went on to manage and consult for art and wellness start-ups and established businesses in Pittsburgh and around the country. Alecia holds a Master of Arts Management from Carnegie Mellon University, Bachelor of Fine Arts from Alfred University, and is a registered yoga teacher. As a recipient of numerous awards and accolades, her life reflects a commitment to the arts, Black women, and wellness.
Follow on Instagram: @thealeciadawn
Email: alecia@yogamotif.com
Marcè Nixon-Washington is a multidisciplinary artist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received her BFA from West Virginia University with a focus in Africana Studies. Marcè studied Ceramics in Jingdezhen, China, where she found her love for shards and ceramic history. She investigates ceramics as an archival material to record personal and cultural history. Her work has been exhibited at The Mufei Gallery in Jingdezhen, China, The Carnegie Museum of Art, The 2023 NCECA Conference, and she has most recently completed a solo exhibition at The Manchester Craftsman Guild as the inaugural William E Strickland Jr fellow. Marce’ is also a member of the Union Project’s BIPOC Collaborative Studio and Women of Visions.
Follow on Instagram: @marce_clay
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Rell uses oil, acrylic, and fiber to relay her personal experiences and respond to subjects such as beauty standards, daydreaming, and the representation of Black people in global mass media. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Rell is a graduate of both Rogers CAPA and Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts Voice department.
Follow on Instagram: @cindynwndrlnd
Email: lostandopinionated@gmail.com
Originally from West Philadelphia with roots in Liberia, West Africa, Jamillia Kamara is a values-driven steward, writer, speaker and strategist. Jamillia specializes in meeting individuals and communities where they are, identifying high leverage opportunities and building collaborative relationships that center equitable results. Driven by a love of culture and community, Jamillia’s professional experiences span from the classroom to the boardroom. Drawing on her experiences as an educator, advocate, and social entrepreneur, Jamillia's work centers the experiences of communities most impacted by economic injustice and explores new strategies for transforming systems to better meet their needs.
Follow on Instagram: @Jamilliakaye
Email: jamillia.kamara@gmail.com
Juliandra Jones is a self-taught mixed media artist, muralist, live painter, entrepreneur and educator from Las Vegas, NV. She uses vinyl, acrylic and aerosol paint and natural elements– like crystals– in her paintings, woodcuts, sculptures and public art projects to explore themes of social justice and self care. Her art brings people together, elevates marginalized voices and centers happiness and joy, rather than pain and struggle.
Follow on Instagram: @pbjcustoms
Email: juliandra@pbjcustoms.com
Sagid is a self-taught graphic artist working in animation and studying game design. He has been drawing since he was a kid and is interested in the parallels between emotion and the subconscious.
Follow on Instagram: @s.iiv__
Email: salehsagid@gmail.com
