The Black Beauty Activist
The Black Beauty Activist podcast is a show that discusses topics critical to the growth of Black women's self-confidence and cultural consciousness.
The Black Beauty Activist
Season 3 Episode #5 Black Women's History in Art
Dr. Tameka and her guest, artist Chesley Antoinette, discuss her ground breaking exhibition "Tignon," and her career as a fiber sculptor focusing on telling the story of Black women through art.
Learn all about the historic Tignon Law enacted by Governor Don Estevan Miro of New Orleans in 1786 to discriminate against enslaved and freed African women. The law was meant to dampen the beauty of African women, but the very opposite happened!
https://www.nps.gov/ethnography/aah/aaheritage/frenchama.htm#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20tignon%20decree,they%20were%20enslaved%20or%20not.
Check out the exhibition Dr. Tameka curated at the Massillon Museum.
https://www.ideastream.org/arts-culture/2024-04-05/fabric-connects-artists-africa-and-homegoing-book-in-massillon-show
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Follow Chesley on Instagram @chesleyantoinette
Check out her work https://cantoinettestudios.com/home.html
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