Tonight's MPOP subject is Janet Mock
**Friday, July 10, 2020
City Reliquary Live Presents:
Mediocre Portraits of Outstanding People**
**Live at 8 pm EDT on the City Reliquary Instagram**
**Live at 8 pm EDT on the City Reliquary Instagram**
The City Reliquary's neighborhood artist-in-residence, [George Ferrandi](http://www.georgeferrandi.com/about), takes to Instagram live for an hour each **Friday at 8:00 pm EDT** to create a sketch of and reflect on someone who has been influencing her thinking this week during this remarkable cultural moment.
During this series, George will be listening to and learning from Black thinkers while attempting to honor them through portraiture, and sharing the experience live with our audience.
Last Friday, the focus was on the self-described black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet (and New Yorker) [Audre Lorde](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audre-lorde). While George drew the fine portrait below, we heard [Lorde in conversation with Judy Simmons in 1979](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_-XhFKn-f0) discussing gender, power structures, and art.
During this series, George will be listening to and learning from Black thinkers while attempting to honor them through portraiture, and sharing the experience live with our audience.
Last Friday, the focus was on the self-described black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet (and New Yorker) [Audre Lorde](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audre-lorde). While George drew the fine portrait below, we heard [Lorde in conversation with Judy Simmons in 1979](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_-XhFKn-f0) discussing gender, power structures, and art.
Tonight on the City Reliquary Instagram, we will be honoring writer, director, and activist [Janet Mock](https://janetmock.com/). Mock's remarkable book *Redefining Realness* is the first memoir from a woman who transitioned at a young age. George will create the fifth portrait in the MPOP series with a live drawing of Mock, while broadcasting an interview with her. Tune in at 8 pm to watch the progress of this week's portrait - draw along if you like - and listen and learn from Mock's journey.We hope you'll join us at 8 PM on [Instagram](http://www.instagram.com/cityreliquary) ([@cityreliquary](http://instagram.com/cityreliquary)).
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