Whitney Community Pride Mural
Sun, June 9, 2024
11 am–3 pm
Visitor making art at Whitney Pride, June 2023, photograph by Summer Surgent-Gough.
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Floor 3, Artspace
For all ages
What does Pride mean to you? Get creative in the Hearst Artspace and contribute a work of art to the Whitney Community Pride Mural.
The month of June is also known as Pride Month, which centers the LGBTQ+ community and its history. Pride first started as a political march in 1970 one year after the Stonewall Riots. During these riots, the LGBTQ+ community fought back and protested against police who raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City (a mere fifteen-minute walk from the Whitney). Pride now takes place all over the world and creates space for the LGBTQ+ community to feel safe, welcomed, affirmed, and celebrated.