Tonight's MPOP subject is Alicia Garza
**Friday, July 24, 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 musician and storyteller [Rhiannon Giddens](http://www.rhiannongiddens.com). While we saw the portrait below take shape over Instagram, we heard interviews with Giddens about the meaning and [importance of folk music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0fIdFx3pbY) and [connecting the past and present](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk8p6_BPgTE).
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 musician and storyteller [Rhiannon Giddens](http://www.rhiannongiddens.com). While we saw the portrait below take shape over Instagram, we heard interviews with Giddens about the meaning and [importance of folk music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0fIdFx3pbY) and [connecting the past and present](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk8p6_BPgTE).
Tonight on the City Reliquary Instagram, we will be honoring organizer and writer [**Alicia Garza**](https://twitter.com/aliciagarza?lang=en). Garza, along with Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Opal Tometi, [co-founded the Black Lives Matter](https://blacklivesmatter.com/our-co-founders/) organizing project in 2013. She frequently speaks on the need for intersectional representation and transforming online action to political power. George will create the seventh portrait in the MPOP series with a live drawing of Garza, 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 Garza's advocacy and words.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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