hair craft
Funded by Culture Works in Richmond, Virginia, The Hair Craft Project is based on the premise that hairdressing is the primordial textile art form. That is to say, hairdressing is the earliest manipulation of fiber toward an aesthetic and functional purpose. As an artist and facilitator, I will bridge two Richmond communities through the project: Black hair salons and recent alumni of VCUarts’ nationally ranked Fiber Art program (according to US News and World Reports 2008.) The complex artistry of hairstylists will be fused with the skills of alumni from the Department of Craft/Material Studies at VCUarts. The project aims to break down barriers by crossing boundaries between hair salons and art galleries as sites of aesthetics, craft, skill, improvisation, and commerce.
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