International law firm DAC Beachcroft’s Bristol office is exhibiting a series of paintings in its street level windows by LGBT+ student artists as part of the firm’s support of Bristol Pride.
The paintings are the work of Alex Wilson-Evans and Elliot Stahlmann, who are members of UWE and the University of Bristol’s LGBT+ communities. 
They be on display in DAC Beachcroft’s Art Space – which faces onto Portwall Place – throughout July to coincide with Bristol Pride, which DAC Beachcroft is sponsoring and this year includes 19 events across 11 days.
The Pride Parade, which took place on Saturday as part of Pride Day, passed Art Space as it mades its way around Bristol city centre.
Alex Wilson-Evans is transgender and his art reflects his involvement and experiences within the transgender community, and also promotes the protection of transgender rights.
Elliot Stahlmann is an artist and social sciences student whose work pays homage to the coalition of Welsh miners and gay activists of the 1980s who first inspired the gay rights movement.
DAC Beachcroft has been actively involved in Bristol Pride for a number of years and last year won Bristol Pride Law Firm of the Year 2016.
Chairman of Spectrum, the DAC Beachcroft LGBT+ community, David Aird, said: “I’m delighted that DAC Beachcroft and Spectrum can help support these local artists and their LGBT+ inspired work. 
“We are proud to be sponsoring Bristol Pride this year and launching this exhibition in the same week is very timely. Even with all the progress the LGBT+ community has achieved in recent years it’s still extremely important that we continue to be visible and feel supported and we hope this exhibition helps to demonstrate this to our community and colleagues.”
The Art Space is a DAC Beachcroft initiative to support local artists. The firm invites an artist or selection of artists to hang their work for a period of two months to provide their work with exposure in the community.
The space is in an ideal location as it has a very high footfall of people walking between Bristol Temple Meads and the city centre along Brunel Mile as well as capturing an audience of more than 1,000 people in the office building.
For more information on Bristol Pride, visit http://bristolpride.co.uk/
