Destiny Branay (b. 1998) is a Baltimore based oil painter whose starry-eyed portraits serve as a reminder that maintaining hope is a practice necessary for survival. Inspired by the 1973 song by Boris Gardiner, Every Nigger Is a Star, along with innumerable other stories of Black resilience, Destiny references her familial photo archive to weave the past, present, and future into vibrant, new imaginings of Black everyday life. Aside from her degree in Fine Art from the Community College of… more