Leila Weefur, PLAY†PREY, 2022. Installation view at Locust Projects. Photo by Zachary Balber

One of the most exciting, rewarding parts of our year - gathering impactful community members who are focused on social justice and creating meaningful change and providing them funds to continue their crucial work. I want to thank 303 Magazine and writer Devin Fisch for highlighting this critical program that we look forward to continuing to build on.

I believe that when it comes to matters of diversity, inclusion and innovation, the arts are responsible for leading the conversation and we should be eagerly adopting and pioneering new technology for the purpose of pushing our own creative and artistic practice. The greatest value of the arts, after all, is its ability to provide possibility, beauty, and new ways of seeing. The unfortunate reality is we have failed in many respects to articulate and explain our value and critical position in society and the result has been brutal cuts to arts education and access.