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  • Lalla Essaydi

    Lalla Essaydi

    Lalla Essadyi is a Moroccan photographer and artist known for her feminist portraits. Essaydi grew up in Morocco, but she currently lives in the United States. Here, she explores her complex identities. Why “identities”? To Essaydi, it’s important to think of identity as a state of being many things at once. Refusing to restrict yourself…

  • Bisa Butler

    Bisa Butler

    Bisa Butler is an African American fiber artist. Butler is known for her revolutionary approach to quilting, transforming a formerly ‘craft’ medium to the realm of ‘fine art’. Butler’s work stems from quilting traditions of African American communities. This tradition has a long and difficult origin; many African American women would quilt to supplement the…