What's new at the Mu? Exhibit features art, history of Black hair
The Massillon Museum’s Fred F. Silk Community Room Gallery will exhibit The Art and History of Black Hair: Through the Eyes of the 21st-Century African American Child through March 23. Museum admission is free and everyone is welcome.
Highlights
The Art and History of Black Hair provides a visual conversation on the history and centrality of Black hair within Black communities as articulated through the camera lens of 20 student photographers, ages 10 to 14, from Stark, Summit, Portage and Medina counties. Inspired by The CROWN Act, the exhibit demonstrates the student photographers’ personal experiences, relationships, natural hair journeys, and offers viewers a unique perspective from Black youth in America.
In the tradition of Gordon Parks, the students used photography to artistically illustrate the subject of Black hair as they documented African American life in Northeast Ohio. The overall collection of images provides a powerful statement as to what the students find beautiful and what they would like to change about the world’s perception, representation, and response to Black hair as a civil right, political statement, and cultural symbol.
Production of this exhibition was made possible by a grant from the Aultman Health Foundation. The Massillon Museum receives operating support from the Ohio Arts Council and ArtsinStark and marketing support from Visit Canton. This project is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Why you should attend
Visitors can also enjoy the Immel Circus; Alex Vlasov: I Promise to Make a Fabulous PTG Tomorrow; Tiger Legacy: The Story Continues; the Paul Brown/Massillon Tiger Timeline; Collection Spotlight: Faces of Massillon Business; the Local History Gallery; the Albert E. Hise Fine and Decorative Arts Gallery; and the Art Educator of the Year Finalists exhibit.
Details
WHAT – The Art and History of Black Hair: Through the Eyes of the 21st-Century African American Child
WHEN – Through March 23
WHERE – Massillon Museum, 121 Lincoln Way East, Massillon
MORE – massillonmuseum.org or 330-833-4061
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