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September Issue: Oprah Magazine Enlists Two Black Female Artists to Pay Tribute to Breonna Taylor

September Issue: Oprah Magazine Enlists Two Black Female Artists to Pay Tribute to Breonna Taylor

  Cover Portrait by Alexis Franklin | September 2020   HER LIFE MATTERS. The words appear along with the name of Breonna Taylor on the September issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. A beautiful portrait of the 26-year-old emergency room technician created by digital artist Alexis Franklin graces the cover. The magazine enlisted Franklin and...
Time Magazine Recognizes 100 Years of Influential Women with Covers by Mickalene Thomas, Bisa Butler, and Toyin Ojih Odutola

Time Magazine Recognizes 100 Years of Influential Women with Covers by Mickalene Thomas, Bisa Butler, and Toyin Ojih Odutola

  TIME MAGAZINE is exploring the most influential women of the past century. 2020 marks 100 years since women gained the right to vote in the United States. To recognize the milestone that transformed women’s individual and collective agency, the magazine launched a project called 100 Women of the Year. Introducing the project, Nancy Gibbs,...