{"id":1617,"date":"2026-04-01T14:47:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/?page_id=1617"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:47:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:47:29","slug":"dr-anya-wallace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/dr-anya-wallace\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Anya Wallace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section alignfull alignfull getwid-section-content-custom-width\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__wrapper getwid-padding-left-medium getwid-padding-right-medium\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-wrapper\" style=\"max-width:1140px\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-holder\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__foreground\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr. Anya Wallace<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Artist, Curator, and Independent Scholar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anya Wallace is an artist, curator, and independent scholar whose artwork and scholarship study\u00a0the lessons and\u00a0<em>pleasures<\/em>\u00a0of\u00a0<em>Black girlhood<\/em>. 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