Don’t Touch My Hair celebrates Black women and hair culture. Eight years ago, Ayana Morris was struggling with her identity as a Black woman. She felt insecure and was trying to figure out her career ...
A piece about friendship, this new work follows lifelong best friends Eemani and Jade as they decompress over a good blunt, not knowing the weed is laced with something else. As the duo spiral into a ...
IAMA Theatre Company will continue its 2024/25 season with a workshop production of the final play in the Douglas Lyons comedic trilogy, Don’t Touch My Hair. Lyons created “The Deep Breath Trilogy: ...
Visionary filmmaker Ayana Morris invited audiences to confront and reflect on societal perceptions of Black hair and the intricate relationship Black women have with their crowns through her inaugural ...
After starting the weekend hot against Arizona and losing it all against UC Irvine, the Ducks were all in against Vanderbilt and never showed... “Your hair is your glory,” Kristen Clayton’s mom told ...
A powerful new interactive artwork by Fallowfield artist Lisa Blake invites audiences to listen, reflect, and rethink consent, while celebrating the beauty and individuality of Black women’s hair.
The Culture Parlor, led by visionary filmmaker Ayana Morris, unveiled its inaugural mobile art installation, “Don’t Touch My Hair,” at Harriet Tubman Square during the Newark Arts Festival. This ...
In her adolescence, gallerist Hannah Traore was inevitably changing—her body began to produce hair in places it had not before. Within that experience was a strong connection and sentimental ...
It’s not black or white”, co-hosts Mapalo Makhu and Maya Fisher-French pull back the curtain on a topic that is often hidden ...
Emanuel Wallace is a photographer and journalist from Cleveland, Ohio. He has been the staff photographer for Cleveland Scene magazine since 2014. In the past, he has contributed to Cleveland.com, ...