
Keijaun Thomas Awarded Queer|Art’s First Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists
New York–based nonprofit Queer|Art has announced Keijaun Thomas as the recipient of its inaugural Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists. Thomas, who lives and works in New York, will receive a $10,000 cash grant as well as support from members of the judges’ panel, who will make individual visits to her studio. The award, the first of its kind, is aimed at correcting the exclusion of Black trans women artists from the larger art canon while opening a path for others.
Thomas, a multidisciplinary artist, was selected from among seventeen applicants from across the country by a