Ep. 28 | Fashion as Wearable Art: Jae Jarrell

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Elaine "Jae" Jarell is an artist, fashion designer and one of the co-founders of the African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists (AFRICOBRA) best known for her one-of-a-kind pieces during the Black Arts Movement. She used her designs to celebrate Black culture and provide positive imagery of and for African Americans. Listen to her story. More at www.blackfashionhistory.com.

Sources/Further Reading:

Image Magazine, April 1978 Edition

http://agyu.art/project/jae-jarrell-2/

https://www.mocacleveland.org/jae-jarrell

https://never-the-same.org/interviews/wadsworth-and-jae-jarrell/

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/exhibitions/3300

http://agyu.art/project/jae-jarrell/

https://crystalbridges.org/blog/soul-of-a-nation-jae-and-wadsworth-jarrell-partners-in-life-and-art/

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/210701

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