​11th Grade

Artist Statement

I wanted to create a strong piece based on something that everyone can agree on. Our country was founded on the idea of justice and liberty for all, does that mean it actually was? No, but shouldn’t we strive to have that. We need to look past skin color and just see each other as brothers and sisters in equality. That doesn’t mean race doesn’t matter, because it does. But it needs to be addressed as a beautiful thing, not a play of power or superiority. I also chose to do the look in denim because it’s a very strong fabric and can withstand a lot, which is sadly fitting for our civil rights movements.
With recent events especially, I wanted to shine a light in this beautiful, peaceful movement. As the media loves to portray the negative, the harmful and looters, it is left to the people to show the actual cause we stand for. And what better place to do this than in Birmingham, a city rich in civil rights history. At the end of the day it doesn’t matter so much the identity of the wearer, but the purpose and meaning the wearer is spreading.