Renowned artist and former Baltimore resident Amy Sherald will receive the Human Rights Campaign’s “Ally for Equality Award” at its sold-out National Dinner in Washington on Saturday.

The HRC, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, announced that Sherald is being honored “for amplifying the existence and experiences of the LGBTQ+ people in her art, best exemplified by her work “Trans Forming Liberty” which reimagines Black transgender artist Arewà Basit as the Statue of Liberty.”

That 2024 painting, ”alongside her outspoken advocacy, serves as a bold demand for visibility and a call for inclusion in the American dream — especially at a time of enhanced political and social antagonism,” the HRC stated.

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