To artists, the intensity of current headlines and the ever-shifting complexity of today’s world falls somewhere along the spectrum between daunting and energizing. The following California-based creatives have a lot to say, since they’re consistently addressing questions of liberation, equity and community through their own nuanced lenses and mediums. With Covid-19 setting the backdrop to the reinvigorated movement for social justice in this country, the urgency of art as a tool to navigate personal and political struggles— and the overlapping nexus—is now only further amplified. – Jessica Ritz
