Shenequa

💫 F U T U R E | H I S T O R I E S 💫
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👏🏾 Celebrating 20yrs of the Craft Research Fund was such a delight! Thank you to the staff and everyone involved at the Center for such a wonderful night. Thank you to , , , Lauren + Mathew for a wonderful time.
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🙏🏾 Thank you to all who had purchase art work during the live + silent auction. Thank you for you to everyone who continue to support the Center for Craft.
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😉 Stay tuned & inspired ♥️

🧶 FUTURE | HISTORIES 🧶
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☺️ I’m excited to announce that one of my pieces, Braided Hair III, is available for the Future Histories online auction in support of celebrating 20 years of the Craft Research Fund .
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🫶🏾 The Center for Craft is a driving force behind the preservation and innovation of craft since 1996. This non-profit organization awarded my first grant back in 2014 (and others since) and currently a board member I couldn’t be more proud to support them in this way.
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🧶 Have you been wanting to collect a work of mines? This is your chance to bid or purchase Braid My Hair III (link in bio).
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🙏🏾 Thank you for all you do in supporting the next generation of craft makers (such as myself).
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Braid My Hair III
2021
21” (L) x 6” (W)
Woven with synthetic-hair, cotton, Hitarget (GH) fabric, and wooden beads.
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😉 Stay tuned & inspired ♥️

💫 MUSEUM ACQUISITION 💫
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🥳 Identity Column III (collab with Germane Barnes)
🙌🏾 My FIRST museum acquisition !
🙏🏾 Thank you , .barnes, , AIC staff, Graham Foundation, Chi community, family, and ancestors!
🥹 This is not a sprint, but a marathon. Blessed to be an Artist/Creative for it’s not for the weak as a profession but my call to action.
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😉 Stay tuned & inspired ♥️

E X P O 💫 C H I C A G O
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🧶 Woven Narratives : It’s Kharnaval
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🥹 Part III
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🎉 Thank you Courtney Kueppers with WBEZ Chicago for the shoutout.
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🫂 Thank you and . Thank you to my family, Chicago community, friends, and ancestors for always showing up and out for me in the most supportive way.
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🥹 I’m still floating high from this body of work that was such a celebratory process to make because it stemmed from me playing Sugar Mas in St. Kitts and Nevis and my experience in Ghana, West Africa. I’m truly blessed and excited to see what’s next with this body of work.
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😉 Stay tuned & inspired ♥️