Gallery – South Dallas Cultural Center https://sdcc.dallasculture.org Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:08:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.12 https://oca-media.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/06/cropped-SDCC-LOGO_Updated_Sankofa-32x32.png Gallery – South Dallas Cultural Center https://sdcc.dallasculture.org 32 32 Sacred Seeds: Communicating Through Hair Systems Exhibition https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/2022/11/08/sacred-seeds-communicating-through-hair-systems-exhibition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sacred-seeds-communicating-through-hair-systems-exhibition Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:04:17 +0000 https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/?p=6127 Sacred Seeds: Communicating Through Hair Systems is an exploration of communication through Black hairstyles and haircuts by artist Inyang Essien. The imagery presents intricate haircuts and hair designs as well as African threaded hairstyles paired with patterned fabrics. The patterns found in the hair not only serve as design and cultural styling, but also communicate identity and intentional messaging. Intricacies in braids and cornrows could communicate identity such as, marital status, age, and tribe, but have also been known to serve as maps or hide seeds and grains to help the enslaved.

About the artist: Inyang Essien is a Nigerian-American photographer and visual artist from Dallas, TX. Her work is based in photography, cultural textiles, video installations, and generative art to explore identity through culture, sexuality, and personal transformation. In 2021, she was a recipient in the inaugural cohort of the Juanita J. Craft Artist Residency and was a recipient of both the Nasher Artist Grant and Cedars Union Art & Equity Scholarship.


Sacred Seeds: Communicating Through Hair Systems is free and open to the public through November 26, 2022. Click here for more information on our current exhibitions.

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Into The Jungle Fashion Show and Exhibition https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/2022/09/17/into-the-jungle-fashion-show-and-exhibition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=into-the-jungle-fashion-show-and-exhibition Sat, 17 Sep 2022 16:55:07 +0000 https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/?p=5926 The Dallas premiere of the exhibition Into the Jungle births a new legacy for Dallas Future Fashion Designers. The exhibition brings to life the world of the tropical jungle – from the bold and brassy big cats, to the beautiful blushing bird of paradise.

All forms of jungle life can be seen through the eyes of designers Taylor Sharper, J Romero, and Monsieur Alexander. Within the South Dallas Cultural Center’s Arthello Beck Gallery will live the Jungle Oasis. Guests will be immersed Into the Jungle as they journey through the exhibit. With inspiration taken from every form of life, the exhibition includes 20 original haute couture garments, as well as photographs, sketches, and accessories.


Into The Jungle exhibition was a free and open to the public through October 8, 2022. Click here for more information on our current exhibitions.

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Collage Workshop: What’s in Your Highlights Reel? https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/2022/02/17/collage-workshop-whats-in-your-highlights-reel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=collage-workshop-whats-in-your-highlights-reel https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/2022/02/17/collage-workshop-whats-in-your-highlights-reel/#respond Thu, 17 Feb 2022 20:38:55 +0000 https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/?p=4797 + Read More]]> In celebration of Juniata J. Craft’s life, artist Constance Y. White hosted a free 2-hour adult collage workshop where participants were invited to explore the medium of paper collage through a fun process of bringing their vibrant story to life. The class was able to reflect and visualize their accomplishments, no matter how big or small, through the power of narrative collage-making.

This class was part of SDCC’s New Years, New Skills creative workshop series.


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