With their cultural organization GANGGANG, Malina and Alan Bacon are building a new model for art fairs—one rooted in reparations, relationships, and joy.
Malina Simone Bacon and Alan Bacon, artists and administrators from Indianapolis, have built their careers at the intersection of creativity and service. The pair, who work within the overlap between activism and expression, founded GANGGANG, a cultural organization focused on social justice and creative equity.
Among its flagship projects is BUTTER, an annual fine art fair in downtown Indianapolis that has quickly become a model for equitable arts programming and a platform for Black artists. Alan and Malina opened up to Black Enterprise on Aug. 29 about what it meant to build upon GANGGANG’s mission and to continue putting creatives in command with the 5th Annual Butter Fine Arts Fair…