In this episode, we hear from Adia Jamille, Fiber Artist and Doula. As long as she can remember Adia Jamille has been creating. In this episode, she shares what is was like growing up as a creative spirit and at a young age setting a goal to one day exhibit her work in museums.
Adia reveals that her enslaved ancestors worked on indigo plantations and the life changing opportunity that inspired her to bring the practice of growing and working with indigo to her studio practice in Tucson, AZ.
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Adia Jamille, image courtesy of the artist.
New Freedom Codes: Sit Here, 2023, mixed fiber media, raw silk eco printed with okra and cotton leaves, silk organza dyed with organic indigo and then screen printed, linen dyed with organic indigo. Image courtesy of the artist.
New Freedom Codes: Eat Here, 2023, mixed fiber media, raw silk eco printed with okra and cotton leaves, silk organza dyed with organic indigo and then screen printed, linen dyed with organic indigo. Image courtesy of the artist.
Collage depicting process using cotton bolls to dye fabric for pieces to become part of “Ancestral Tethers.” Image courtesy of the artist.
Detail of Hoodoo Flag featured in a the documentary Conjure: The Docuseries by Larisha Stone. Image courtesy of the artist.
Exuberant (Progeny #3)- part of a triptych, mixed media embroidery. Image courtesy of the artist.
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Black Artists,
Black women artists,
cotton growing,
femme cotton growers,
fiber artists,
indigo plants,
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