Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Watch Monica Obniski, Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, and Hannah Amuka, Coordinator of Gallery Experiences, in this month’s art story as they explore a number of projects featured in the exhibition Sonya Clark: We Are Each Other.
For over thirty years, Sonya Clark’s work has focused on the African diaspora in the United States to confront, elucidate, and reframe its history. Clark undertakes this exploration through everyday fiber materials—notably hair, flags, and found fabric—and craft practices. In Clark’s work, craft and community are intertwined, and her participatory projects promote new collective encounters across racial, gender, and socioeconomic divisions.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:30 Writer Type (Pen and Sword)
2:38 1-877-OUR-CURL
4:39 Title Wall: We Are Each Other
6:33 The Beaded Prayers Project
8:34 Gele Kente Flag
11:21 The Hair Craft Project
14:06 Reconstruction Exercise
16:39 Outro
Visit the High Museum: high.org
Watch Monica Obniski, Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, and Hannah Amuka, Coordinator of Gallery Experiences, in this month’s art story as they explore a number of projects featured in the exhibition Sonya Clark: We Are Each Other.
For over thirty years, Sonya Clark’s work has focused on the African diaspora in the United States to confront, elucidate, and reframe its history. Clark undertakes this exploration through everyday fiber materials—notably hair, flags, and found fabric—and craft practices. In Clark’s work, craft and community are intertwined, and her participatory projects promote new collective encounters across racial, gender, and socioeconomic divisions.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:30 Writer Type (Pen and Sword)
2:38 1-877-OUR-CURL
4:39 Title Wall: We Are Each Other
6:33 The Beaded Prayers Project
8:34 Gele Kente Flag
11:21 The Hair Craft Project
14:06 Reconstruction Exercise
16:39 Outro
Visit the High Museum: high.org
