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We Wear a Revolution: Radical Clothing Workshop
Sunday, October 29, 2017
01:00 PM – 04:00 PM
LEFT: Jae Jarrell (American, born 1935). Ebony Family, circa 1968. Velvet dress with velvet collage, 381⁄2 x 38 x 1⁄2 in. (97.8 x 96.5 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of R.M. Atwater, Anna Wolfrom Dove, Alice Fiebiger, Joseph Fiebiger, Belle Campbell Harriss, and Emma L. Hyde, by exchange, Designated Purchase Fund, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 2012.80.15. © Jae Jarrell. Photo by Sarah DeSantis, Brooklyn Museum. RIGHT: Photo: Lorraine O’Grady (American, born 1934). Mlle Bourgeoise Noire Goes to the New Museum, 1981. Performed at the New Museum, New York. Gelatin silver print, 9 1⁄4 x 7 in. (23.6 x 17.8 cm).. Photo by Courtesy of Alexander Gray Associates. © 2017 Lorraine O’Grady / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
We Wear a Revolution: Radical Clothing Workshop
Sunday, October 29, 2017
01:00 PM – 04:00 PM
Invent and embellish your own fashion statement inspired by two works in the exhibition, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85: Jae Jarrell’s Urban Wall Suit and Lorraine O’Grady’s Mlle Bourgeoise Noire. This workshop concludes with a fashion show where participants can share their radical duds. Fabric and embellishments will be provided.