Health, Hair and Heritage at the National Museum of African Art

UPDATE 6/18/2013: Video
UPDATE May 24th:  This event is sold out

Update: If you were unable to make it, or could not get a ticket for this event; Watch panelists Diana N'Diaye, Monte Harris, Karen E. Milbourne, and Gina Paige as they engage in a thoughtful conversation about contemporary hair, health, and beauty in relation to the heritage and history of Africa. WATCH HERE! 

On Friday June 7th, The National Museum of African Art are presenting Health, Hair an Heritage 
Join panelists Diana N'Diaye, Monte Harris, Karen E. Milbourne, and Gina Paige for an engaging and thoughtful conversation about contemporary hair, health, and beauty in relation to the heritage and history of Africa. 
The event is at the S. Dillon Ripley Center Lecture hall, on sub-level 3 (1100 Jefferson Drive, SW). It begins at 6.30pm and goes through till 9pm - there is a reception with Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at 8pm in the Pavilion, in The National Museum of African Arts.

Its FREE, but you need tickets...go to:   http://healthhairheritage.evenbrite.com


PANEL DISCUSSION: 6.30pm
Diana N’Diaye, Ph.D. (moderator), is the curator of Will to Adorn, one of the themes of the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival; she also designs hair adornments. 
Monte O. Harris, M.D., is an internationally recognized plastic surgeon who lectures on the role of hair in perceptions of beauty and identity. 
Karen E. Milbourne, Ph.D., is a curator at the National Museum of African Art. 
Gina M. Paige, is president and co-founder of Africanancestry.com
  
RECEPTION: 8 p.m. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART, PAVILION Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres

HAIR MODELS PROVIDED BY Camille Robbins Reed of Noire Salon 

HEALTH, HAIR AND HERITAGE GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY: 
Kamal Ali & Ben’s Chili Bowl 
Anacostia Art Gallery 
Larry Atkins 
BET Networks 
Beverly Burke 
J.R. Clark, Esq. 
Donnette Cooper 
Audra Cunningham 
Thomas Dawson 
Do Good H.A.I.R. Project 
Larry Frazier 
Monte Harris 
Barbara Johnson 
Leftwich & Ludaway 
Lucia Riddle 
Squire Saunders 
Ben Soto & Premium Title LL

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