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My guest today, Sam Kirk, was born and raised on the south side of Chicago, spent most of

her childhood jumping from neighborhood to neighborhood with her family. And while she

loved exploring new communities and cultures with each move, she was also really grappling

with her identity as a biracial queer woman, especially while attending religious school.

So she turned to art as a way of both expressing herself and also processing her struggles

and her awakenings. She eventually found her way into the world of advertising after

school where she would rise up the ladder before the call to paint and create would begin

to bring her back into the world of being a full-time artist and now established with

her work in galleries, permanent collections, and large scale public murals around the

country and world. Sam creates artwork that celebrates people and inspires pride and

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