How Sam Kirk's Public Art Celebrates Culture and Community Around The World
For the closing ceremony of this summer’s World Pride in New York City, a work of art celebrating the LGBTQ community was wrapped around Times Square’s main stage. For five days, this work took up an entire block, depicting large and powerful portraits of LGBTQ people, most of them people of color. The artist, Sam Kirk, who created the installation along with her partner, Jenny Q, is proud to have made something so public that is also so inclusive and diverse. “It is something we don’t see enough of,” she says. This 2019 mural, painted by Sam Kirk and located in New York City, is a tribute to now 72-year-old Puerto Rican transgender rights activist Victoria Cruz. It was...