Meg Lemieur
Through my art, I am interested in juxtaposing nature with the human experience while exploring the themes of social and environmental justice with a hopeful perspective and questioning sensibility. Through my work as an environmental activist over the past eight years here in Philadelphia, I have learned to use my art as both a form of expression and communication. Manifesting in illustration, performance, story sharing, and other art forms, my work continues to educate, inspire and connect communities and individuals who yearn to make the world a better place. I am honored to be a winner of the Leeway Foundation Art & Change Grant and am excited to have the opportunity to continue this work.
Awarded Grants
2017
Art and Change Grant (ACG)
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Overview
In the Water Ways project, Bri and Meg will illustrate four pen-and-ink posters exposing the environmental dangers of oil and gas industries that threaten the health of the most vulnerable populations in the Greater Philadelphia area. They will gather interviews from affected people and work with them to draw their stories. Through regional storytelling events and workshops featuring the posters as a teaching tool, Water Ways will raise awareness, fundraise, and build connections between regional resistance groups.