Round I Projects
PROJECT
Colors of Illusion
Betty Bangs’ Colors of Illusion campaign highlights the history, art, and stories of LGBTQ+ BIPOC communities across the region - specifically in Imperial Valley and the South Bay. Centering on the artist's experience as a queer Chicana artist, the campaign aims to engage QTPOC (Queer TransPeople of Color) through an oral history component in collaboration with Lambda Archives to collect and share histories of the mentioned community. The campaign includes creating an art installation in partnership with the community for exhibition at South Bay Pride and an open house held at Imperial Valley LGBT Resource Center.
LEARN ABOUT THE ARTIST + CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS
Haydee "Betty Bangs" Juarez
"Betty Bangs is a queer Chicana artist, working with the medium of painting in acrylic and murals, but also sewing and DJ-ing. Bangs paints shapes representing women of all shapes & sizes. She has painted murals in San Diego and Mexico City and assisted in painting four murals in Chicano Park. Of utmost importance to her is representing her cultura & lifestyle through her work.