Stonewall Columbus’ 2022 COMMUNITY HONOREE
PRIDE HONOREE
Lisa McLymont/Pride Circles (She/her/hers) Lisa McLymont is a multidisciplinary artist, graphic designer & social justice advocate. Lisa’s art is mainly expressed through drawing and painting, welcoming curiosity to explore many directions knowing that each new experience provides insight while creating work that connects past and future worlds. Lisa has two ongoing portrait series, “The Universe Tribe”, & “The Odes”, focused on nuances within identity and inspired by the powerful communicative styles of protest posters and dreamy expressionism. Pride Circles by Columbus, Ohio artist Lisa McLymont is the first ever permanent public art installation to be installed in the public right-of-way in the City of Columbus where the public is invited to traverse the art as they pass. Commissioned by the Short North Alliance, in partnership with Stonewall Columbus, Pride Circles is a representation of a few of the many pride and identity flags in the LGBTQ+ community represented in the form of a pond of unified ripples. Pride Circles reimagines the gateway into Central Ohio’s LGBTQ+ community center, home to our nonprofit’s Short North Arts District headquarters, it works to elevate an understanding of the ways in which small acts can result in big change and the unique interconnectedness of the LGBTQ+ community.
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