TUNE IN! VIRTUAL CONVERSATION ON JUNE 6 @ 12PM PST / 3PM EST

Check out the LEAP: Meet Our Artists video above! Click PLAY on JUNE 6 to watch the conversation!

Join ARRAY as we gather all nine of the LEAP commissioned artists for the first time during a virtual conversation to commemorate the initiative’s 5-year anniversary. Moderated by LEAP curator Mercedes Cooper, we’ll reflect on each artists’ process and discuss art as a catalyst for change.

LEAP is the Law Enforcement Accountability Project, a propulsive fund dedicated to empowering activists as they pursue narrative change around the police abuse of Black People. Founded in 2020 by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY in response to the killing of George Floyd, LEAP’s mission is to disrupt the code of silence that exists around police brutality and elevate activist storytelling through projects in film, photography, fine art, music, poetry, culinary arts and dance. The fund was powered by hundreds of advocates who believe in police transparency and visibility. Our work continues.

LEAP COMMISSIONED ARTISTS

Steve Irby | Photography
41 to ’99

Reggie Black | Hand Type Art
248 Black Lives Taken

Francesca Harper | Dance Choreography
The Reckoning

Jocelyn Jackson | Culinary Art
Fixed Price Menu

W.J. Lofton | Poetry
Would You Kill God Too?

Delita Martin | Mixed Media Mural
Blue Is the Color We See Before We Die

Polymode | Book Design
The Fiction of Protection

Julian Stephen | Audio Drama
The Aura

Ra-Re Valverde | Original Song
Safe Where?

To learn more about LEAP and to view all artwork commissioned through the initiative, visit LEAPACTION.ORG