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New America's Us@250 Fellow K. Melchor Quick Hall showcases an art exhibition featuring Black feminist visions of shared liberation, highlighting the importance of racial reparations.

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Marked by the ongoing pandemic and a pivotal mayoral election, 2021 brought hope alongside angst and uncertainty. We take a look back at these critical moments, and the photographs that helped us tell the stories.

Artist Marla McLeod works on a piece featuring her niece at her studio in New Haven. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) It has been one year since the pandemic began. In "The Creative Grind" series, ARTery reporters spoke to individual creatives to assess the financial and artistic impact of COVID-19, on a granular level. Last year, artist Marla McLeod sold a painting for nearly $10,000, enough money to pay her current rent for more than half a year. She also worked two jobs, doubling her income. Teaching art ...