Brown Bag Lunch program topic is Black hair
MASSILLON – For the next Massillon Museum Brown Bag Lunch program, Tameka Ellington will talk about the art and history of Black hair.
The program will be 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. Feb. 22.
Admission to Brown Bag Lunches is free to everyone, and no reservations are required.
The museum provides free cookies and coffee for Brown Bag Lunch guests. Sandwiches, salad, and smoothies can be purchased at Greatness Cafe in the museum lobby or guests are welcome to bring their own lunches.
While working as an academic at Kent State University, Ellington’s work focused on the social psychological aspects of Black hair culture. This work led to the development of her largest project to date, "TEXTURES: The History and Art of Black Hair," a museum exhibition at Kent State University.
The Brown Bag Lunch presentation complements Massillon Museum’s Fred F. Silk Community Room Gallery exhibition, "The Art and History of Black Hair: Through the Eyes of the 21st-Century African American Child." Sponsored by the Kent Area Chapter of The Links, Inc., the exhibition features photography by sixth- to eighth-grade students in Stark, Summit, Portage, and Medina counties.
Ellington, who holds a Ph.D., is an empowerment speaker, educator, and researcher. She is CEO and founder of First Generation Revolutionaries, an empowerment movement that enhances the lives of students and young professionals who are first in their family to attend college. She recently started the Ellington Foundation with the mission of supporting first-generation students studying the arts.
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