• In Town — Los Angeles and environs

21 YEAR-OLD MONICA IKEGWU, CURRENTLY IN HER FINAL YEAR AT THE MARYLAND INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART (MICA) AND A STUDENT OF AMY SHERALD’S (KNOWN FOR HER PORTRAIT OF MICHELLE OBAMA AT THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY – SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE), PAINTS BOLD, YOUNG & UNAPOLOGETIC BLACK YOUTH FROM BALTIMORE, AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF POLICE BRUTALITY, WHILE CLAIMING THEIR RIGHTFUL ASCENSION OF FULL EXPRESSION.