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Artist Who Painted Vanity Fair Cover of Breonna Taylor Donates $1M for Three Fellowships and Up to Four Scholarships
Posted byBy Nicole Duncan-Smith

Breonna Taylor’s image and likeness will fund and/or support the academic dreams of a select group of undergraduate and law students at the University of Louisville. The artist who painted a portrait of the 26-year-old is donating money from its sale to the institution, earmarking it for learners with an interest in social justice.

Taylor was shot when police rounds were fired into her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky, during the execution of a search warrant. A jury found the now former officer who reportedly fired the shots not guilty of wanton endangerment for endangering three of Taylor’s neighbors by firing bullets into their residence. No one faced charges for causing Taylor’s death.

On Sunday, April 10, Amy Sherald announced earnings from the sale of her 2018 Vanity Fair cover portrait to the Speed Art Museum and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture will be placed into a trust that will fund a fellowship and scholarship at the institution.

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