The last week has been so busy with Equitas Health!! In the last few days, we had our first patron party and 2021 Art for Life submissions closed. Also, in addition to getting the submissions ready for the jury meeting, we have a thank you event for our past event, AIDS Walk, and more patron parties coming up soon.

The art submissions have kept me super busy. Currently, we are at over 125, with two or three coming in every hour. My role with each submission is to edit the artist’s biography and statement and prepare their submission to be juried. It has been so fun to see all of the artists’ work as it starts to arrive. We just received an Aminah Robinson piece, and it is a beautiful fabric piece that tells the story of Bilali, an enslaved African in the US who fought for the US in the War of 1812 and was a spiritual leader. In the style only Robinson can do, the fabric work is truly incredible. (If anyone wants to bid on it and give it to me, let me know… it is valued higher than my student loan debt so I am currently sitting out this one…)

Our first patron party of the year was a success! We had it at the Columbus Museum of Art in the special events pavilion. I was working registration and check in for the first half of the event, and then gave out paperwork to people who donated to be patrons for the event. The event was incredibly successful, and the whole team seemed to be equally as excited for the funds we raised as well as having our first indoor, in-person event since March 2020. Our community was equally as excited to be able to gather in person one again, as they got to see artwork, hear from the artists, take advantage of the open bar, and give to our organization.