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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...