"My artwork submission conveys the diversity within Blackness in New Orleans and, in turn, connects to the Youth Vision by showing the diversity of the youth of New Orleans."
Kamali McElroy, Artist Statement
Kamali McElroy
Prismatic Love One, Two, and Three
Digital Drawing Table
"New Orleans children and youth represent a powerful, unified, diverse, socially conscious, intelligent network, capable of working with adults to lead New Orleans in becoming a more compassionate, just, and equitable city."
Connection to Youth Vision
(New Orleans Youth Master Plan, 2020)
About The Artist
My name is Kamali McElroy, I am a 13 year old Black queer artist from New Orleans, Louisiana. I usually do my art works in pen, pencil, gouache, or digital mediums. Furthermore, the focal point of all of my most recent works has been Blackness and queerness, and how they both come in different shapes and sizes. The main way I express that through my art is with portraits and figures. Finally, when I do this art it works as a form of coping and calmness, but also as a form of fun and activeness.
Instagram: @Mali_man_19