Chandra Anderson’s bed, at Melrose Avenue and Crescent Heights Boulevard, focused on the thousands of incarcerated women in the country.
Her bed’s theme, designed with white cloth and mannequin hands dipped in red paint, accented the special challenges faced by female inmates.
“Adequate feminine hygiene products are not always provided, and many times inmates make their own tampons,” Anderson said.
Coalition merges art and activism for holiday message about mass incarceration
BY MICHAEL LIVINGSTON for The Los Angeles Times
Feature in WOMEN’S WORK by JUDITH NORMAN
Creative Crush with CREATIVE NEIGHBORS
In 2020, Chandra was a recipient of the Dream Big Award for The Juneteenth Music Festival, honoring individuals who have a positive impact in our communities today. During the event she was highlighted for her community organizing and work uplifting women across the US with her organization, The Model Behavior.