Arte e Cultura
Pitroda Art Launches Movement: Art for Social Change and Announces Mastercard as Global Sponsor
The artworks will also be projected onto iconic structures in five U.S. cities, starting with ( May 13 ), ( May 20 ), ( May 27 ), ( June 3 ) and ( June 14 ).
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In 2020 Pitroda Art invited artists around the world to submit two-dimensional artworks tackling racial justice. The result was overwhelming: over 500 entries from 175 artists in 33 countries, and an array of powerful narratives and interpretations of Black history, racial identity and the current realities of the Black diaspora.
has joined Pitroda Art as the global presenting sponsor of as an extension of the brand's ongoing commitment to furthering racial equity and to advance opportunity for all. Mastercard is working to build a more inclusive economy for everyone, everywhere, by creating paths to financial security, helping small businesses to grow, assisting cities through an inclusive recovery and helping close the persistent racial wealth and opportunity gaps that exist across the U.S.
The collection of artworks selected by the jury will be up for sale in a live auction hosted on Mastercard's platform, Priceless.com , with the preview available from May 13 . Twenty-five percent of the purchase price will be donated to the National Urban League (NUL), a historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment, equality and social justice.
"The culmination of COVID-19 and the issues that toppled out of the pandemic moved us to pivot our platform to showcase art as a tool for social change," states of Pitroda Art. "The components of Movement have been in orbit since the very inception of Pitroda Art in 2017."
MEDIA CONTACT:
Angie Kordic / Olu & Company
angie@olucompany.com
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Àsìkò - I Can't Breathe, 2020