{"id":134038,"date":"2017-02-06T16:20:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T21:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/?post_type=news&p=134038"},"modified":"2017-02-06T16:20:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T21:20:46","slug":"newest-art-exhibit-indiana-tech-celebrates-afro","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/newest-art-exhibit-indiana-tech-celebrates-afro\/","title":{"rendered":"Newest art exhibit at Indiana Tech celebrates the afro"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAfros: A Celebration of Natural Hair by Michael July,\u201d<\/em> an exhibit of contemporary photography, is now on display in Indiana Tech’s Franco D\u2019Agostino Art Gallery. The collection, which is part of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art\u2019s traveling exhibition series, will be in the D\u2019Agostino Gallery through April 14. It\u2019s the second of four FWMoA collections Indiana Tech will be showcasing through 2017.<\/p>\n

This contemporary photography exhibit documents the rising popularity of natural hair styles, especially the afro, by Brooklyn photographer and author Michael July.<\/p>\n

July launched the initial project on kickstarter.com, raising more than $20,000 to print and distribute a 450-page coffee table book chronicling the evolution of the afro in America. The original photographs are traveling the country with much public and critical acclaim.<\/p>\n

Over five years, July approached a variety of individuals from across the country and asked them to participate as subject models for his book. He was able to capture the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of afros as worn by people of virtually every shade, ethnicity, country and age group. This exhibition shows pictorially the power, beauty and glorious nature of the afro.<\/p>\n

All are welcome to view \u201cAfros: A Celebration of Natural Hair by Michael July,\u201d from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. in the D\u2019Agostino Art Gallery, which is located in Indiana Tech\u2019s Academic Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-134038","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNewest art exhibit at Indiana Tech celebrates the afro - Indiana Tech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/newest-art-exhibit-indiana-tech-celebrates-afro\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/newest-art-exhibit-indiana-tech-celebrates-afro\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/newest-art-exhibit-indiana-tech-celebrates-afro\/\",\"name\":\"Newest art exhibit at Indiana Tech celebrates the afro - 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