cosmetics, marker, faux hair, headscarves, handmade floral earrings; 2025. Courtesy of the artist.
COLLAGE ON VIEW
Jemima Joél: Time of the Tignon
at The Front in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
14 June-6 July 2025
Tignon Talk Event:
Sunday, 29 June 2025, 2-3:30PM
Jemima Joél’s “Time of the Tignon” celebrates the cultural resistance of the African Diaspora during the French colonialism period by highlighting headdressing fashion. Artwork on display includes storytelling acrylic paintings, mixed media headwrapped mannequins, and headscarf arrays.
During Tignon Talk on Sunday, 29 June 2025, 2-3:30PM, Dr. Camille Dantzer, Xavier University, will lecture on tignon laws and the legacies of Black Hair Freedomways as anti-colonial resistance to future erasure. This will be followed by a head wrap demo and artist talk by Jemima Joél. The event will close with a musical performance by Jemima Joél and The Gaias. Light refreshments. Visitors may wear head attire that allows them to appropriately express pride in their cultural heritage and racial identity.
(text adapted from material provide by the artist)
INFORMATION
The Front
4100 Saint Claude Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70117 USA
nolafront@gmail.com
Hours:
Saturday-Sunday, Noon-5PM