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Under the Trump administration making art can feel futile. How do we keep doing it? (Comic)

Julio Salgado with influential artists in the background.
By Julio Salgado

Does art even matter anymore as this administration continues to push a fearmongering agenda against our communities? Here’s what some artists across the country had to say.

Julio Salgado- good immigrant, bad immigrant.
For the first couple of days of the year, making art felt so futile and I wasn't alone.
I reached out to a couple of artists I deeply admire to ask how they plan to use their art.
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Philly based illustrator KAH YANGNI.
Kah enjoys illustrating children's books.
Breena Nunez, a cartoonist and caretaker.
Breena wants to pause and reconnect with her creative self.
As the president returns to throwing our communities for a loop with chads and fear.
This time around, karla wants to go beyond the good immigrant vs. bad immigrant binary.
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Making a political art piece or writing this comic strip is how I deal with all this panic.

Julio Salgado (@juliosalgado83) is a digital illustrator based in Long Beach.

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