Queer|Art, New York City's home for the creative and professional development of LGBTQ+ artists, has announced the winner of the 2021 Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant, collaborative duo, Desireena Almoradie and Barbara Malaran. The New York City-based duo will receive a $7,000 cash grant, as well as studio visits with members of the judges panel in support of their creative and professional development.
Odessa Kelly Takes Aim at Cooper âDynastyâ in Congressional Primary Bid The national group behind âThe Squadâ taps local nonprofit leader, longtime community center director to lead off 2022 efforts Tweet
Odessa Kelly, photographed at the Napier Community CenterPhoto: Eric England
Odessa Kelly is greeted like a celebrity at the Napier Community Center. The kids playing basketball in the gym call out to âMiss Odessaâ and run over to give her fist bumps. Adult supervisors offer hugs.
Itâs been more than a year since the 39-year-old left her job at this Metro facility to serve as the full-time executive director of Stand Up Nashville, a community engagement and social justice nonprofit organization she co-founded. But âMiss Odessaâ is still a familiar face at the community center, and she says the kids who use that nickname are the ones who inspired her to take her next step: running for Congress against longtime