Member Spotlight: Dr. Alicia Christy
Lives in: Kensington, Maryland.
Website: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/alicia-christy https://www.redbubble.com/people/blackvet/shop
Media and subjects: Watercolor, social justice, portraits, honoring military, florals.
Projects you’re currently working on: Three pieces in Paint the Town (civil rights paintings), Voting and democracy related artwork for Vot+ER, Portraits of Kamala Harris (Artists for Harris), Faces of the Fallen Healthcare Heroes exhibit Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (portraits of nine healthcare providers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan), Faces of the Fallen Montgomery County Rockville Memorial Library (portraits of the nine Montgomery County residents who died in Iraq and Afghanistan), cover artwork for obstetrics and gynecology journal, Faces of the Fallen exhibit at the Maryland State House (January 2025, portraits of the 128 Maryland residents who died in Iraq and Afghanistan), Princeton Faces of the Fallen Vietnam (portraits of the Princeton University alumni who died in Vietnam).
Why you joined MAA: Opportunity to share my artwork more broadly, opportunity to learn more about the business aspect of art, and an opportunity to learn more about fund raising for non-profits.
Something fun about you: I use my art as political humor, I love to laugh, and I am told I have a good sense of humor.
Artist Biography: Dr. Alicia Christy is an African American author, illustrator, physician, and Army Veteran. She retired as Deputy Director of Reproductive Health, Veteran Health Affairs. She holds the rank of professor at the Uniformed Services University, and adjunct professor at Howard University School of Medicine.
Her artwork is her voice for social justice. Her painting, "When Will Black Lives Matter," was selected from 1,000 entries for the online "Art Against Racism" exhibit. Dr. Christy provided the cover art and artist statement, "We Must Speak for the Voiceless and Vulnerable," for "Academic Medicine." Her backstory, "A Legacy of Activism" | ACOG, was published by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Her portraits were on display at Dulles airport. Her watercolor piece, "Boots of Valor," paintings of boots from WWI-Afghanistan, will be on display at Reagan airport. In 2022, her artwork was part of an exhibit at the Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10322/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMWf0xUy3Y0&t=161s Her artwork was featured on YouTube: "Aiming for the Moon(shot): Health Equity for Black Veterans Drives Progress in Cancer Care" - YouTube and the VA Health Equity Art Gallery inaugural exhibition, Responding to Social Justice and Equity. https://www.va.gov/HEALTHEQUITY/Responding_to_Social_Justice_and_Equity.asp
Her story of using her artwork to honor women Veterans can be found at "Honoring Women Who Have Served" | ACOG. Her collection of portraits, "Celebrating Influential Women," was on display during Women’s History Month at Walter Reed in March of 2024.
In 2020, Dr. Christy received the Humanism in Medicine Award from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine for her work with women Veterans and homeless women.
Dr. Christy’s writing and artwork have been published in Seminars in Reproductive Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America. She also provided cover art for the inaugural issue of Fertility and Sterility Science. Dr. Christy’s work and artist statements have been published in the American Medical Association Journal of Ethics and Journal of Narrative Medicine. Her artist statements and artwork related to health advocacy have been published by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
https://www.acog.org/news/news-articles/2023/02/art-and-activism-creating-space-as-form-of-resistance
https://www.acog.org/news/news-articles/2024/02/standing-with-and-for-my-patients-art-and-activism
https://www.acog.org/news/news-articles/2024/03/black-doctors-telling-the-stories-of-black-mothers
Her artwork “No Muslim Ban” is part of the permanent collection at the Busboy and Poets Brookland location. Her work was featured at the Honfleur Gallery in Washington DC and the Hunter Gallery in New Jersey. https://thehuntergallery.net/shop/ols/search?keywords=alicia%20christy&sortOption=descend_by_match
The Healing Arts exhibit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. https://www.dvidshub.net/news/408445/healing-art-art-healing-exhibit-highlights-healing-power-art
Her artwork has also been featured on the social media platforms of several medical societies.
Dr. Christy illustrated a children’s book, Chuckie and Punkin Rule the World, which is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Walmart, Politics and Prose and Books a Million. https://www.mologlobalpublishing.com/product/chuckie-and-punkin-rule-the-world/#
Her work is available at Fine Art America, https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/alicia-christy Redbubble https://www.redbubble.com/people/blackvet/shop and UnitingUS.org https://unitingus.org/
The proceeds from Dr. Christy’s art sales benefit a military artist non-profit, UnitingUS.org.
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