{"id":508423,"date":"2021-06-30T15:34:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T19:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wells-fargo-announces-artist-in-residence-to-join-efforts-to-support-diverse-and-women-owned-small-businesses\/"},"modified":"2021-06-30T15:34:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T19:34:10","slug":"wells-fargo-announces-artist-in-residence-to-join-efforts-to-support-diverse-and-women-owned-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wells-fargo-announces-artist-in-residence-to-join-efforts-to-support-diverse-and-women-owned-small-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Wells Fargo Announces Artist-in-Residence to Join Efforts to Support Diverse- and Women-Owned Small Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p><b>Wells Fargo Announces Artist-in-Residence to Join Efforts to Support Diverse- and Women-Owned Small Businesses<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><b>Graphic designer and illustrator Sophia Yeshi commissioned to create an \u201cOpen\u201d for business sign as a bold, colorful statement of small business resiliency throughout the past year<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>SAN FRANCISCO&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nWells Fargo is expanding its existing efforts to support diverse- and women-owned small businesses by welcoming graphic designer and illustrator Sophia Yeshi as the bank\u2019s first-ever artist-in-residence. For her first project as the Wells Fargo Artist in Residence, Yeshi reimagined the \u201cOpen\u201d sign as a bold statement to symbolize the perseverance of millions of small business owners through the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic \u2013 as well as the long road ahead to full recovery. The new \u201cOpen\u201d sign is available for download at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwelcome.wf.com%2Ftogether%2F&amp;esheet=52453879&amp;newsitemid=20210630005935&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=wellsfargo.com%2Ftogether&amp;index=1&amp;md5=6927c7f7f7eb527644a6f66a8652a591\">wellsfargo.com\/together<\/a> and later this summer, small business owners can pick up a sign at any Wells Fargo branch while supplies last.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"news-body-cta\">This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210630005935\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210630005935\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"bwbodyimg\" style=\"width: 480px;float:left;padding-left:0px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20210630005935\/en\/888965\/4\/Yeshi_AIR_Open_Sign_final.jpg\" alt=\"Open Sign (Photo: Wells Fargo)\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:85%\">Open Sign (Photo: Wells Fargo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThe Artist-in-Residence initiative is part of Wells Fargo\u2019s commitment to offer small business owners access and assistance to tools, guidance and resources \u2013 including financial grants and loans available from nonprofits via the Open for Business Fund. The fund is a roughly $420 million small business recovery effort for those hardest hit by the pandemic. A list of Open for Business Fund grant recipients is <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fstories.wf.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F06%2FOpen-For-Business-Fund-Grants-Fact-Sheet.pdf&amp;esheet=52453879&amp;newsitemid=20210630005935&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=available+here&amp;index=2&amp;md5=ba638bdd23c134be498136fb92a14f41\">available here<\/a> to help business owners connect to CDFIs and non-profits so they can explore new avenues to capital and support.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI\u2019m honored to continue working with Wells Fargo in their pursuit of sharing the stories of resilient small business owners, and making critical resources available to all small businesses as they recover from the pandemic,\u201d said Yeshi. \u201cIt was very rewarding to shine a light on the stories of individual diverse small businesses as part of my recent collaboration with the bank. With the new \u201cOpen\u201d sign I created for my first project as Artist in Residence, I\u2019m excited to celebrate the passion and dedication of all small business owners as they begin a new chapter.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Artist-in-Residence initiative follows the bank\u2019s recent <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwelcome.wf.com%2Ftogether%2Fartists%2F&amp;esheet=52453879&amp;newsitemid=20210630005935&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=collaboration&amp;index=3&amp;md5=94f63b24f963454f10c395296f8df8dd\">collaboration<\/a> with three artists including Yeshi, Deborah Lee and Gabriela Alem\u00e1n \u2013 who created custom \u201cOpen\u201d signs bringing to life the unique stories of diverse- and women-owned small businesses. These business owners, from traditionally marginalized and historically underrepresented communities, were disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and their stories are part of the inspiration behind Yeshi\u2019s new \u201cOpen\u201d sign.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nYeshi is Wells Fargo\u2019s first artist-in-residence, and her residency runs through December 2021. In addition to the creation of the new \u201cOpen\u201d sign, Wells Fargo will tap into Yeshi\u2019s unique style to influence the look and feel of internal campaigns and design assignments. Yeshi will also provide Wells Fargo small business customers with branding consultations as they reimagine their businesses in the months ahead. The Artist-in-Residence program is part of the company\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwelcome.wf.com%2Ftogether%2F&amp;esheet=52453879&amp;newsitemid=20210630005935&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=%26%238220%3BWe+made+a+way.+Together.%26%238221%3B+campaign&amp;index=4&amp;md5=931130890249ab3466b0208fa3fe682b\">\u201cWe made a way. Together.\u201d campaign<\/a>, focused on helping entrepreneurs connect to resources and learn from peers about new ways to evolve their businesses.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>About Wells Fargo<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nWells Fargo &amp; Company (NYSE: WFC) is a leading financial services company that has approximately $1.9 trillion in assets and proudly serves one in three U.S. households and more than 10% of all middle market companies and small businesses in the U.S. We provide a diversified set of banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through our four reportable operating segments: Consumer Banking and Lending, Commercial Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking, and Wealth &amp; Investment Management. Wells Fargo ranked No. 30 on Fortune\u2019s 2020 rankings of America\u2019s largest corporations. In the communities we serve, the company focuses its social impact on building a sustainable, inclusive future for all by supporting housing affordability, small business growth, financial health and a low-carbon economy. News, insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwellsfargo.com%2Fstories&amp;esheet=52453879&amp;newsitemid=20210630005935&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Wells+Fargo+Stories&amp;index=5&amp;md5=f97ac2f4566eeb9e177a42bc244ca07f\">Wells Fargo Stories<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAdditional information may be found at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wellsfargo.com%2F&amp;esheet=52453879&amp;newsitemid=20210630005935&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.wellsfargo.com&amp;index=6&amp;md5=04ef14c9f8e27a6797620d7aa994befd\">www.wellsfargo.com<\/a> | Twitter: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fwellsfargo&amp;esheet=52453879&amp;newsitemid=20210630005935&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=%40WellsFargo&amp;index=7&amp;md5=261c68ba17f0d0f842097f2459a0be89\">@WellsFargo<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>About Sophia Yeshi<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nSophia Yeshi is a queer Black and South Asian illustrator and graphic designer based in Brooklyn, New York. She is a digital native that discovered Photoshop at 12 years old while growing up in Baltimore, Maryland. She created Yeshi Designs to shine a light on Black women, women of color, and folks in the LGBTQ+ community of all shapes and sizes that are bold, dynamic, and demand attention. Now, she creates culturally relevant work centered around topics she is passionate about like climate change, mental health, body positivity, and self-confidence.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>News Release Category: <\/b>WF-SB\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&amp;sty=20210630005935r1&amp;sid=flmnd&amp;distro=nx&amp;lang=en\" style=\"width:0;height:0\" \/><span class=\"bwct31415\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"mmgallerylink\"><span id=\"mmgallerylink-phrase\">View source version on businesswire.com: <\/span><span id=\"mmgallerylink-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210630005935\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210630005935\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Media<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>Matt Miller, 312-428-1866<br \/>\n<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:matt.miller@ketchum.com\">matt.miller@ketchum.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>KEYWORDS:<\/b> United States North America California<\/p>\n<p><b>INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:<\/b> Women Finance Small Business Baby\/Maternity Professional Services Consumer Arts\/Museums Entertainment<\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA:<\/b><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><b>Photo<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20210630005935\/en\/888965\/3\/Yeshi_AIR_Open_Sign_final.jpg\" alt=\"Photo\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Open Sign (Photo: Wells Fargo)<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><b>Photo<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20210630005935\/en\/888966\/3\/SB_2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Male and female small business owners sitting side by side with three staff members standing in the background. 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