Mugshot Portraits: Women of The Montgomery Bus Boycott
WEBWhile mugshots aim to dehumanize and criminalize, the life-size, highly detailed portraits offer a counter-narrative, illuminating the leadership and sustained labor of women to the boycott’s success.
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WEBThomas’s Mugshot Portraits: Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott depicts women who were arrested for participating in the city’s 1955–1956 boycott in Alabama. Her project takes photographic documents out of the criminal archive and translates them into life-size, handmade, loving homages.
At Rena Bransten Gallery, Lava Thomas' 'Mugshots' Are Drawn Out ... - KQED
WEBSep 20, 2018 · Thomas’ portraits draw out 12 of the hundreds of women who contributed time and often limited means to a cause that was no less important than survival. ‘Mugshot Portraits: Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott’ is on view at Rena Bransten Gallery through Oct. 28, 2018. Details here.
'Mugshot Portraits: Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott …
WEBSep 29, 2021 · Gifted to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture by Cheryl and Charles Ward, Mugshot Portraits: Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (Euretta F. Adair) is on view in Reckoning: Protest.
Mugshot Portraits: Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
WEBMugshot Portraits: Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. September 8 - October 27, 2018. Opening Reception: November 3rd, 5-7pm. Rena Bransten Gallery is pleased to present our first solo exhibition by Lava Thomas. Thomas (b.
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WEBA mug shot or mugshot (an informal term for police photograph or booking photograph) is a photographic portrait of a person from the shoulders up, typically taken after a person is placed under arrest.
Lava Thomas | Mugshot Portraits: Women of the Montgomery …
WEBThis exhibition centers around a new series of graphite and conté pencil portraits based on mugshots of the women of the 1955 yearlong Montgomery Bus Boycott, illuminating and emphasizing the leadership and sustained labor of women to the boycott’s success.
Lava Thomas / Mugshot Portraits: Women of the Montgomery …
WEBThis exhibition centers around a new series of graphite and conté pencil portraits based on mugshots of the women of the 1955 yearlong Montgomery Bus Boycott, illuminating and emphasizing the leadership and sustained labor of women to the boycott’s success.
Euretta F. Adair - National Museum of African American History …
WEBLava Thomas’s drawing of Adair is one of 12 portraits in her series, Mugshot Portraits: Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Drawn from actual mugshots of female activists, these portraits highlight the commitment and bravery of the unsung women of the movement, whose sacrifices ensured today’s freedoms.