By May Louis-Juste, NLIHC Project Manager, Strategic Partnerships
D is for Disrupt at the Galleries at LynnArts (GALA) invited artists and audiences to explore how creativity can challenge systems of inequality and inspire change. Many of the participating artists have personally experienced housing insecurity, and their work reflects the resilience and complexity of those experiences. For several artists, art serves not only as expression but as therapy—a means of processing displacement, rebuilding identity, and reclaiming agency through creation. This art installation took place in Lynn, Massachusetts, from August 30 to October 3.
At GALA, they believe that access to housing and access to the arts are both vital to human dignity and community well-being. Exhibitions like D is for Disrupt provide a platform to uplift and support underrepresented voices. By connecting art, advocacy, and healing, we continue our mission to foster equity, empathy, and opportunity through the transformative power of the arts.
NLIHC is committed to building and strengthening cultural, political, and coalition partnerships necessary to achieve housing justice through meaningful relationships and highlighting events that showcase housing in different spaces and media.
If there are upcoming and past arts and culture events that you believe our team should know about or attend—including film screenings, local gallery shows, community storytelling events, or national conferences—please send details to May Louis Juste at [email protected] or provide details here.