Pitroda Art Launches Movement: Art for Social Change and Announces Mastercard as Global Sponsor
CHICAGO, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Pitroda Art is pleased to announce the
16 artists participating in
Movement: Art for Social Change
, an annual juried exhibition that celebrates artists as champions of positive social change. Selected by a renowned panel of jurors composed of Aaron Bryant,
the theme of racial justice and equity. In addition, on
May 20, Pitroda Art will launch an
auction of the selected artworks in partnership with
Mastercard on its
National Urban League (NUL).
Washington, D.C. (May 13),
SELECTED ARTISTS
Winfred Nana Amoah (Ghana).
In 2020 Pitroda Art invited artists around the world to submit two-dimensional artworks tackling racial justice. The result was overwhelming: over 500 entries from 175 artists in 33 countries, and an array of powerful narratives and interpretations of Black history, racial identity and the current realities of the Blac