{"id":9211,"date":"2021-03-04T13:56:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T13:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/?p=9211"},"modified":"2021-03-04T17:37:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T17:37:57","slug":"re-membering-womens-history-laura-gadson-and-shimoda-donna-emanuels-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=9211","title":{"rendered":"Re-Membering Women\u2019s History: Laura Gadson and Shimoda Donna Emanuel\u2019s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Re-Membering Women\u2019s History: Laura Gadson and Shimoda Donna Emanuel\u2019s Story<\/b><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Written by Trelani Michelle<\/b><\/pre>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9211-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Re-membering-Laura-and-Shimoda.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Re-membering-Laura-and-Shimoda.mp3\">http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Re-membering-Laura-and-Shimoda.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any good visual artist, writer, musician, or dancer will tell you that the process of creating is deeply spiritual. Artists are vessels for the ancestors to communicate. Like when they told Shimoda Donna Emanuel that she wants to learn how to make jewelry\u2014a craft that\u2019s granted her a seat at the Penland School of Crafts, studying with Joyce Scott; a spot on HGTV\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crafting Coast to Coast<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; a grant to have her doll of Lois K. Alexander Lane on banners on 125<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Street in Harlem for a year; and her art for sale at the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Those same spirits nudged Laura Gadson to do, as she put it, \u201cwhatever comes into my little head.\u201d Those nudges have won the cultural griot numerous awards and grants, a trip to South Africa, exhibits all over the country, and students who\u2019ve gone on to do amazing things in their own right.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whenever you make room for the spirits to speak and you honor what you\u2019re told, resources will align for you to make it happen <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> take it to the next level. That\u2019s exactly what occurred about 10 years ago. Laura and Shimoda were respectively doing their thing when they met at the Harlem Arts Alliance\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a nonprofit comprised of established and emerging visual and performing artists, and art lovers. Then, around 2013, they co-founded The Harlem Aesthetic, where they curate exhibits and host art shows throughout the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9212\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9212\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9212\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/rsz_laura-and-i.jpeg?resize=640%2C373\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" data-id=\"9212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/rsz_laura-and-i.jpeg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/rsz_laura-and-i.jpeg?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shimoda and Laura<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Destiny saw to it that Laura and Shimoda would meet; that their interests and personalities would complement one another perfectly, professionally, and creatively; that they\u2019d become art partners; that Laura\u2019s house would be big enough to house their gallery space and art events; and so on. Just because the path is paved, however, doesn\u2019t mean that challenges won\u2019t arise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But if it\u2019s something that black folk and something that artists know how to do, it\u2019s figuring it out. It\u2019s taking what could have been the end of something, melding it into a new reality, and creating something of a deeper meaning and value. That\u2019s exactly what Laura did in 2007 after becoming her mother\u2019s full-time caretaker, and what Shimoda did in 2017 after finding herself in the same position of caring for her mother around the clock.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two black women artists rolled up their sleeves, escorted Mama inside, and, along with their craft, mastered the art of caregiving. Shimoda shares how she\u2019s managed to experience more peace than stress during this experience in her new book, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shimoda-accessories.com\/book\/sacred-stitches-the-art-of-care-giving-tips-for-stitching-yourself-together-when-caring-for-someone-with-alzheimers\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sacred Stitches: The Art of Caregiving<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Considering that Laura and Shimoda followed in their mother\u2019s footsteps of sewing, that\u2019s the perfect title for what\u2019s become a full circle for both artists, now nurturing the women who taught them how to stitch. It\u2019s such a fascinating story with so many lessons\u2014right on time for Women\u2019s History Month\u2014including the importance of following spiritual nudges at the risk of being misunderstood, honoring those here first, surrounding yourself with a tribe of understanding and support, and fostering community with other womenfolk.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9213\" style=\"width: 752px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9213\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9213\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shimoda-mom.jpg?resize=742%2C615\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"615\" data-id=\"9213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shimoda-mom.jpg?w=1034&amp;ssl=1 1034w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shimoda-mom.jpg?resize=300%2C249&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shimoda-mom.jpg?resize=1024%2C849&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shimoda-mom.jpg?resize=768%2C637&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shimoda&#8217;s Mom<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9224\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9224\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9224 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/laura-300x278.jpg?resize=300%2C278\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" data-id=\"9224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/laura.jpg?resize=300%2C278&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/laura.jpg?w=598&amp;ssl=1 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laura<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Laura<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am a second-generation artist. My dad was a draftsman and a commercial artist. This was, of course, the time before computers. My father had a drafting board on the porch where he would do commercial ads for people. He\u2019d do lettering, posters, etc. My mom was a seamstress and sewed many of our outfits when we were young. I understand her grandmother was a seamstress as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9215\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9215\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9215 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shimoda-pic-300x297.jpg?resize=300%2C297\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" data-id=\"9215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shimoda-pic.jpg?resize=300%2C297&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shimoda-pic.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shimoda-pic.jpg?w=599&amp;ssl=1 599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shimoda<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Shimoda<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My father worked in the post office for 40 years, but his side thing was photography. He also knew how to fix cars, make furniture, write in calligraphy, and draw. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And my <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mother knew how to sew. She\u2019d make designer hats for high-end stores, even. Growing up, I would play with her hat items. Later, she taught me how to embroider, knit, and crochet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though both women are now quilt, fiber, and mixed media artists, their journey as artists didn\u2019t start in the visual arts. Rather, they both, coincidentally (or not), started in music. Laura was seven when she gained an interest in dance, then she graduated from a small dance school in New York with a BFA in dance. Shimoda, on the other hand, by high school, had decided she wanted to become a famous jazz musician.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Laura<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I realized early on that I\u2019m brown, dark, and short. I knew I wasn\u2019t going to work hard enough to be that fabulous dancer, so I stopped dancing as a full-time dancer shortly after college. I taught public school for a decade, then started a dance program for a \u201cnew vision school,\u201d which was a predecessor to the charter school system. I\u2019m very proud of the work I did there. I loved the children, but the administration in New York City can be a little interesting. So, in 1996, I retired from teaching and have been self-employed as an artist ever since. It came natural to me, and it\u2019s what my dad always wanted me to be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Shimoda<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the last year of high school, I decided to go to music college (New England Conservatory). Me and some of my friends (including Jerome \u201cNajee\u201d Rasheed) applied and auditioned, and everyone was accepted but me. I was devastated. My parents urged me to go to Baruch College to study computers, which were becoming a big thing. I applied, got in, and was awarded work-study. I didn\u2019t like it though; I\u2019m just not that type of person. And I was just really tired of school. After two years, I got a job at Barnes and Noble and stayed there for seven years. I got to read books on different subjects that I was interested in. That was phenomenal. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was my education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9219\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9219\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9219 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/225Fallwdogs-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"9219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/225Fallwdogs.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/225Fallwdogs.jpg?resize=336%2C450&amp;ssl=1 336w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/225Fallwdogs.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laura<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Laura<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three years before retiring from teaching, I bought a brownstone here in Harlem, which has been a big part of my story. There was a show I would have every July called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lapas\u00a0and Lemonade<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which would be out in my backyard. One thing about having this old 100-year-old, four-story home in Manhattan, I have a lot of space inside and outside of the house, which is kind of rare. I\u2019ve had more space than the average person in this particular geographical area. So it\u2019s where Shimoda and I host events related to our work. I call it my home\/studio\/gallery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Shimoda<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While working at Barnes and Noble, I was also still taking classes at Jazz Mobile in Harlem and playing classical music with the Henry Street Orchestra. On my way home to Queens one day, a voice said to me, as clear as day, \u201cYou want to learn how to make jewelry.\u201d I said, \u201cI don\u2019t know where this is coming from, but okay.\u201d On the way to work the next day, I ran into a girlfriend in the subway who makes jewelry. I asked her where I could go to learn the craft. She said, \u201cI\u2019m looking for an apprentice. I\u2019ll teach you.\u201d And that\u2019s how I got started.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laura\u2019s courage to say yes to retiring, even though she\u2019d just purchased a home that needed a lot of work, and Shimoda\u2019s yes to exchange business school for a bookstore job then jewelry-making are all examples of following those spiritual nudges. These decisions align so perfectly with a quote of Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes in her book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women Who Run With the Wolves<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It reads: \u201cGo out in the woods, go out. If you don\u2019t go out in the woods, nothing will ever happen and your life will never begin.\u201d The woods represent the unknown, the diversion from society\u2019s beaten path.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Going out into the woods is not a one-time ordeal either, and its reward can be especially fruitful when, in our woods wandering, we honor those who were here first. Laura shared when she\u2019d first learned about the roots of the stereotype of black folk and watermelon: Post-emancipation, black folk needed a way to earn a living, so many would sell watermelon on the side of the road. From that, a caricature was created to ridicule our ancestor\u2019s survivability. In addition to believing that all black folk should have a watermelon tattoo or emblem, Laura had her own watermelon-on-the-side-of-the-road moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9222\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9222\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9222\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Madiba-Shines-and-Good-Things-Grow-art-quilt.png?resize=750%2C752\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"752\" data-id=\"9222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Madiba-Shines-and-Good-Things-Grow-art-quilt.png?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Madiba-Shines-and-Good-Things-Grow-art-quilt.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Madiba-Shines-and-Good-Things-Grow-art-quilt.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Madiba-Shines-and-Good-Things-Grow-art-quilt.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Madiba-Shines-and-Good-Things-Grow-art-quilt.png?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madiba Shines and Good Things Grow, art quilt by Laura Gadson<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Laura<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I first did when I left teaching, and since I was still going to dance classes, I learned to tie-dye, and I already knew how to sew. So I used to make these tie-dyed outfits and tie-dyed dance ensembles, T-shirt with the shorts, and then the lapas over it. In our culture, we always like to look good, no matter what it is, whatever we\u2019re doing. So I would take whatever I had tie-dyed and hang it on the wall during dance class and after class, folks would come over and purchase my stuff. And, as they came and did that, I could go get some groceries. That was my watermelon on the side of the road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many artists, at some point in their lives, will be advised to secure a safer future for themselves. It\u2019ll be those who love them and have their best intentions at heart who will make this suggestion. That\u2019s why the courage piece is so important, despite fearing snakes, bears, thorns, and all the many \u201cwhat-ifs\u201d that we imagine to be awaiting our demise. When Shimoda\u2019s parents urged her to get a city job for its salary and benefits, she did so for years, working in the corrections department. That nudge was still there though, and having that supportive partner, cousin, and friend made the difference.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9217\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9217\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9217 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-03-03-at-3.22.29-PM.jpeg?resize=480%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"9217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-03-03-at-3.22.29-PM.jpeg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-03-03-at-3.22.29-PM.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-03-03-at-3.22.29-PM.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-03-03-at-3.22.29-PM.jpeg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-03-03-at-3.22.29-PM.jpeg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shimoda accessories\/fine jewelry<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Shimoda<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I didn\u2019t like my job. My cousin, who is an artist, was saying, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you just do your business full-time?\u201d I was making beaded necklaces, earrings, and bracelets using stones, pearls, and so on. But I was afraid to do that. Then another correction officer there said, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you see if you can get a leave of absence?\u201d That felt safer, so I filed the paperwork for that. At the same time, I had a friend who was a stylist and she was taking my jewelry to difference places. When I came home from my honeymoon, I found out that my jewelry was on the cover of Essence Magazine. Naomi Campbell was wearing my jewelry. Then I got a letter from the corrections office saying my leave of absence had been denied. I showed it to my husband and him being very, very supportive, he says, \u201cYou know what? You\u2019ve been wanting to do this. Do it.\u201d So I quit and became a full-time artist. This was in \u201890.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Courage, as well as support, is woven all through that story. Women need one another, especially in creative and professional spaces, to share our work, to celebrate our work, and, when necessary, to defend our work. When Toni Morrison wrote <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beloved<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and didn\u2019t win the Pulitzer or the National Book Award, Maya Angelou encouraged more than two dozen other black writers including Alice Walker to pen open letters to the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to protest the injustice. Then, when Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize for Literature in \u201993, Maya Angelou threw a party for her because she felt the country didn\u2019t celebrate her friend sufficiently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beloved<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Toni Morrison wrote, \u201cShe\u2019s a friend of my mind. She gathers me, man. The pieces I am, she gathers them and gives them right back to me in all the right order. It\u2019s good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind.\u201d Shimoda\u2019s friend, who shared her art everywhere she went, was a friend of her mind. Her support led to one of Shimoda\u2019s signs to do what she needed to do but had feared doing. Both Shimoda and Laura\u2019s eventual branching off from the Harlem Arts Alliance and co-founding the Harlem Aesthetic is another example of the eternal power of sisterhood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Laura<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Harlem Arts Alliance is an interesting entity. You really could embrace the idea that \u201cI am an artist and something real,\u201d because you were in this room with all kinds of performing artists, theatre artists, visual artists, design artists. We\u2019d all come and kind of commune and sometimes there were opportunities that would come out of being part of this network. I met Shimoda through that, and we live not far from each other. Sometimes we would go over there together or come back home together. We ended up working together, and I\u2019m going to say the first show was around 2007. It was called\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cotton by the Sea.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have space, so we didn\u2019t ever have to rent space. Before pop-ups became popular, we would do these events at my house. Then we teamed up with another artist named Phati, who\u2019s no longer with us, who designed clothes. So at that point, Shimoda was doing jewelry, I\u2019m doing whatever comes into my little head, and Phati is doing clothing. So we kind of hang together, and we become the Harlem Aesthetic. When Phati passed, Shimoda and I said, \u201cWe\u2019re going to stay together.\u201d Our little insignia has three cowrie shells to represent the three of us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9221\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TheHarlemAesthetic-e1614859707950.jpeg?resize=266%2C176\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"176\" data-id=\"9221\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cowrie shell itself is an ode to the ancestors, having once been used as a form of currency in West Africa prior to the transatlantic slave trade, a part of our history that many black folk would rather skip over. It\u2019s difficult, it\u2019s complex, it\u2019s triggering, and it might even be shameful for some. As Laura mentioned, however, rather than shameful, it should be the complete opposite. It\u2019s evidence of our ability to \u201covercome and survive, whatever the situation. We probably have superhuman strength, because we were those Africans that did not perish.\u201d Because of them, we are. One of the most challenging yet rewarding expressions of reverence is parental caregiving, and Laura and Shimoda answered the call.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Shimoda<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mom taught by her example that keeping the fabric of our family together within a circle of love is a sacred, stitch-by-stitch labor of labor. Mom gave me life. She took care of me. She encouraged my creativity by instructing me in the ancient needle and craft textile traditions of hand stitching\u2026Now, I take care of Mom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I learned so much from Laura, not knowing that I would be in this situation. Even though her mother can\u2019t speak, Laura talks to her mother like I\u2019m talking to you. She has a sense of what her mother wants and I would wonder how does she know? I just thought that was amazing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Laura<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the midst of all of this, we have become very good friends and very good support systems for each other. We\u2019ve been lucky to have each other. And as life would have it, with every change, we seem to be able to say \u201cOkay, we\u2019re changing in the same path.\u201d\u00a0While she does fiber art now, I delved into making jewelry. You live a little and then you start to take inventory of what went on before, and I\u2019ve just been blessed to be in a whole lot of places with a whole lot of stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In honor of Women\u2019s History Month, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Art in America<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> celebrates Laura Gadson and Shimoda Donna Emanuel for following those ancestral nudges, for keeping our beautiful black traditions alive, for honoring those who were here first, and for being prime examples of what happens when women create communities for themselves and other women to create and showcase their talent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laura\u2019s work can be found at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thegadsongallery.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/thegadsongallery.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Shimoda\u2019s can be found at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shimoda-accessories.com\/sacred-stitches-circles-of-love\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/shimoda-accessories.com\/sacred-stitches-circles-of-love<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7471\" style=\"width: 548px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shopbaiaonline.com\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7471\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7471\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/buy-black-art-graf_5.jpg?resize=538%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"538\" height=\"349\" data-id=\"7471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/buy-black-art-graf_5.jpg?w=855&amp;ssl=1 855w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/buy-black-art-graf_5.jpg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/buy-black-art-graf_5.jpg?resize=768%2C499&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Browse and shop for fine art from our growing network of artists, collectors, estates, galleries &#8212; specializing in works by Black American artists with great values on premier art.<\/p><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"post-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">START COLLECTING ART<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sign up for our\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/index.php\/startcollectingart\/\"><u>free\u00a0email course<\/u><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>on how to begin your collection.<\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8656 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/trelani.jpg?resize=197%2C296&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/trelani.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/trelani.jpg?w=334&amp;ssl=1 334w\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"296\" data-id=\"8656\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>TRELANI MICHELLE<\/b>\u00a0is a writer, editor, and a historian who\u2019s helped over 1,500 teens and grown folk write and showcase their personal stories through memoirs, poetry, podcasts, and visual art. 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