Local artist Nicole Acosta does photos and stories of women wearing earrings and project went viral. //end headline wrapper ?>Nicole Acosta (right) is pictured at the HOOPS exhibition. Photo provided by Nicole Acosta.
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But she did not know she would inspire a movement.
Acosta, 37, is a Milwaukee-based multi-disciplinary artist and the marketing and communications associate for Ex-Fabula, an arts organization that uses storytelling to connect communities. She focuses on the lives of Black and Brown women through photography, visual art and written word.
Acosta’s HOOPS Portrait Project has gained both national and global attention for drawing attention to the cultural and personal meanings that hoop earrings hold for women of color.