Leah Ra’chel Gipson

Leah Ra’chel Gipson is a multidisciplinary artist and scholar who facilitates hyperlocal community projects. Her work explores race and gender through family history, popular media, and archives using image, sound, textile, and installation. Since 2009, Gipson’s participatory projects in the west side neighborhoods of Chicago have addressed racial and gender inequity, and provided care and support for Black artists, activists, and their communities.