Threads of Resilience: Celebrating Art, Beauty, And Cultural Legacy

Celebrating Art, Beauty, And Cultural Legacy includes A Legacy of Elegance with Margarette Joyner’s costumes merging African textiles with 19th-century portraiture, Black Beauty as an Act of Resistance honoring African-descended women’s beauty rituals and the Sunlight School of Beauty Culture, and A.J. Brown’s Double Exposure, blending music and vibrant visual art. Join us for an inspiring celebration featuring these works of art:

A Legacy of Elegance: Margarette Joyner presents 12 colonial-era costumes that blend African textiles with 19th-century portraiture, reimagining high-society garments and their cultural significance.

Black Beauty as an Act of Resistance: This exhibit honors African-descended women’s beauty rituals within a 1930s back-porch hair shop. It reflects on the historical importance of hair in social status and resilience, highlighting the contributions of David and Laurel Julius, founders of the Sunlight School of Beauty Culture. Laurel, a former stylist for Madame CJ Walker, and her husband operated beauty schools in Alabama and Jamaica, furthering their impact on beauty culture.

Double Exposure: A.J. Brown, lead singer of Third World Band, combines music and vibrant visual art. His diverse works in acrylic capture the colors of nature and are inspired by the rich artistic traditions of multiple cultures. His work spans portraiture, abstraction, landscape, and still life, fueled by the cultural vibrancy of America, Jamaica, Ethiopia, and the Caribbean diaspora.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to celebrate art, beauty, and resilience.

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