My project studies how space and art embody religious imagery to become signs of resistance against government repression and dominant inequalities, forming an Afro-Brazilian ethno-religious identity through the visual arts and architecture. Thanks in part to CLACLS’s travel fellowship, I traveled to Brazil for a month and explored the history and work of artists active in the civil rights movement from the 1950s through 1990s. In São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Salvador da Bahia, I visited archival depositories, and interviewed artists, curators and scholars. During this trip, I discovered several organizations founded by artists to fight anti-racism, all of which remain overlooked. This research trip was vital to confirm the viability of my dissertation project and to help me prepare for my proposal.