Cassidy Arrington is a nonbinary multi-media artist based in and from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Arrington’s artwork centers intimacy, wilderness, and transience in queer and Black coming of age. Their poetry has been featured in Healing Verse Poetry Line, Yale University Art Gallery, Yale Poets Anthology 2023, Sinister Wisdom Literary Journal, and more. They have shown photographs and films at Scribe Video Center, William Way LGBT Community Center, Asian Arts Initiative, Vox Populi, Maysles Documentary Center, New York University, and beyond. Arrington graduated from Yale College with a BA in Ethnicity, Race, & Migration Studies in 2023, and has since served as a resident artist at the TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image, the Painted Bride Art Center, and most recently, the Da Vinci Art Alliance. Cassidy is currently partnering with students at the Philly Student Union to create a film exploring the impact of divestment on third spaces and education in Philadelphia.