Portraits of Pride and Resilience
Ends on
Summer 2025
Exhibition Location: Creative Philadelphia Art Gallery, Room 116 & Office of Councilmember Rue Landau, Room 592
Deadline for submissions: May 25, 2025
For Pride Month 2025, Councilmember Rue Landau and Creative Philadelphia issue a Call for Art, an invite to LGBTQ+ artists to submit work for a special Art In City Hall exhibition in Creative Philadelphia’s Art Gallery and the Councilmember's office.
Theme
Portraits of Pride and Resilience will center on portraiture as an act of radical visibility - a direct counterpoint to historical erasure and a celebration of storytelling through self-representation. Artists are encouraged to creatively interpret the theme, exploring identity, resilience, and presence in a world that has often sought to silence and erase LGBTQ+ lives. Select works will also be displayed in the councilmember’s 5th floor office.
This call is open to all mediums.
Jurors:
Joining Tu Huynh, Creative Philadelphia's Curator of Exhibitions and Programs, will be:
Lauren Rinaldi, the Arts & Culture Liaison for the Office of Councilmember Rue Landau, and Guest Juror, Symone Salib.
Lauren Rinaldi (b. 1983, Brooklyn, NY) is an American artist living and working in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of Temple's Tyler School of Art and has exhibited her work in solo shows at Paradigm Gallery + Studio in Philadelphia, and extensively in group shows throughout the United States. In addition to her role in Councilmember Rue Landau's office as the Arts and Culture Liaison, she is a community activist and has served as a Democratic Ward Leader and Committee Person since 2018.
Symone Salib is a first-generation Cuban / Egyptian muralist, illustrator, and trauma-informed educator whose art centers on the storytelling of community members through large-scale public installations. Strongly rooted in portraiture, her work envisions a world of radical possibilities where equality and justice are at the center. By focusing on the voices and faces of marginalized communities, Symone uses her art to uplift and amplify those who are often overlooked.
About Councilmember Rue Landau I At-Large
Rue Landau is a civil rights and housing attorney, a public school parent and the first openly LGBTQ+ member of Philadelphia City Council. She has spent her entire career fighting for social justice and equity for Philadelphia’s most vulnerable communities. She has been an At-Large Councilmember since 2023.
For more information about Councilmember Landau, please visit: PhlCouncil.com/RueLandau.