Lillian Aguinaga: New Orleans Figurative Painter and Community-Centered Artist

  The Ella Project has assisted Lillian with creating contracts for such and for collaborations such as the 2025 Golden Comanche Mardi Gras Indians official poster portrait of Big Chief Juan Pardo. This agreement serves as a template that can be added to for additional editions and future projects. Aguinaga recounts, “Working with Big Chief Juan Pardo just felt right. Our visions have been aligned in this ongoing collab.  When Ashlye helped in building our contract, she made everything feel easy and seamless. She was really there for both of us and so genuinely gung-ho about our collaboration. It’s super refreshing to have someone that excited to help artists do things the right way.”