"Converging Visions: Art and Health Equity" explores the powerful intersection between fine arts and health equity. Led by NMF Assistant Director of Multimedia Design & Production, Hayveyah McGowan, this initiative raises awareness about health disparities and promotes justice through the lens of artistic expression. By showcasing artists who address health equity in their work, we aim to inspire change, challenge societal norms, and continue to bring attention to critical health issues. Art has the power to transform perspectives—and together, we can amplify voices and stories that drive meaningful change in our communities.
Featured Artists
Tasha Nicolé Burton
Tasha Nicolé Burton (b. 1981) is an emerging multidisciplinary artist living in St. Louis, MO. Burton is a self-taught photographer and visual artist who uses various mediums to interrogate, examine, and re-imagine social issues like race, mobility, access, and equality. Her psychosocial practice provides space for new discoveries that can lead society to work better together. She uses images and tangible objects to reveal how we utilize self-awareness to unlearn or course-correct our social interactions. Through dedicated research and a study of the human mind, her work prioritizes ease of understanding and aims to provide a viewer with an alternate perspective. By looking deeper, her practice's goal is to activate change by telling a story that challenges social conditioning. She hopes to generate an appreciation and respect for another person’s struggles, successes, livelihood, agency, and spirit. She has exhibited work with The Kranzberg Arts Foundation, The Griot Museum of Black History, and The Luminary. She is the recipient of The Puffin Foundation, Ltd. Grant, Shift Consulting LLC Mini-grant, and the Black Women Photographers x Nikon USA Grant.