Vaidehi Kinkhabwala is a New York City based artist, painter, and printmaker. Notable for her works surrounding the themes of social activism, identity, and gender, Vaidehi's art gives the viewers an insight into her own experience as a South Asian woman. Her most recent series "Portraits of Women", honors the labor and resilience of immigrant women.

Celebrate creativity, craftsmanship, and economic development with this striking painting depicting SACSS' Stitch with SACSS program and all the women who have built community here. To the right of the painting is Amina, a young mother who moved to New York from Bangladesh, and one of the Stitch with SACSS students, who's story painter Vaidehi Kinkhabwala, found particularly impactful. In Vaidehi's words, she "was immediately drawn to her warmth and quiet strength and the optimism she carried".

Upon winning this item SACSS will place a card with your name on it beside the painting in the newly acquired Workforce Development Building at South Asian Council for Social Services, in Flushing, Queens. This donation will be in full support of the workforce development program and will be 100% tax deductible.

Painting Specs:

5' by 6'

Acrylic on Canvas