Pop-Up Museum At National Harbor Celebrates Black Hair And Culture | Fox 5 Dc

The BLACK HAIR EXPERIENCE POP-UP IS A SPOT TO SNAP YOUR BEST PICTURES FOR THE GRAM.. The EXHIBIT IS MORE THAN JUST A FOLLOW-UP.. It IS A SPACE THAT CELEBRATES SELF-LOVE AND THE DIVERSITY OF EVERY QUEENS CROWN. FOX 5 PHOTOJOURNALIST, ARTHUR OZMA TAKES US THERE. A CELEBRATION OF BLACK HAIR AND BLACK HAIR CULTURE.. We WANT TO REINFORCE THE MESSAGE THAT ALL BLACK HAIR IS BEAUTIFUL.: IT'S NOT ABOUT NATURAL HAIR. It'S ABOUT HAVING RELAXED HAIR DOES N'T MATTER. If YOU ARE EVEN BALD LIKE THIS EXPERIENCE WAS CREATED FOR YOU.. My NAME IS ELIZABETH. Austin DAVIS. FIND THE COFOUNDER OF THE HAIR EXPERIENCE.. My NAME IS ALICIA, BROOKS I'M A COFOUNDER OF THE BLACK HAIR EXPERIENCE.. We HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME.. We WERE ON A CONFERENCE TOGETHER AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A PHOTO PROJECT THAT I WAS DOING AND FROM THE PHOTO PROJECT WE DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO BE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A FUN EXHIBIT. Selfie MUSEUMS HAVE BEEN ON THE RISE OVER THE ONE CREATED TO CELEBRATE OUR EXPERIENCES OR TURN OUR EXPERIENCES INTO THOSE MOMENTS WHERE YOU CAN TAKE PHOTOS.. It WAS REALLY A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE BOTH OF US.. We WANTED TO CREATE A SPACE OF CELEBRATION, A SPACE WHERE WOMEN COULD FEEL SEEN, LIKE THEIR EXPERIENCES, WERE BEING PUT ON A PLATFORM TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE. HAIR, PLAYS A ROLE IN OUR CONFIDENCE AND HOW WE MOVE. Every DAY. PEOPLE CAN EXPECT TO SEE MESSAGES OF SELF-LOVE CELEBRATION OF BLACK HAIR AND NOSTALGIC MOMENTS.. I WAS THE GIRL WHO HAD THE POSTERS ALL OVER HER WHILE I WAS THE ONE WHO TOOK THE MAGAZINES TO THE SALON ASKING CAN I HAVE MY HAIR JUST LIKE THIS? So THIS INSTALLATION REALLY TAKES ME BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD.. This INSTALLATION IS FOR THAT THEY ARE POWERFUL BUT ALSO SEE THEIR POWER IN IMAGE. As WELL., WE HAVE A MOCK KITCHEN THAT PRESS IN THE KITCHEN CELEBRATE OUR TIME IN THE BEAUTY SALON AND THE BEAUTY SUPPLY STORE.. There IS JUST LONG DAYS WITH MY MOM, PROBABLY MISSING MY, BUT YOU ALSO GOT TO BE A PART OF LIKE A CULTURE LIKE AN EXTENDED FAMILY RIGHT. What I LOVE THE MOST ABOUT MY HAIR IS THAT I CAN WEAR IT ANYWAY, THAT I WANT.. We ARE HOPING THAT WE CAN HELP NORMALIZE BLACK HAIR AND OUR EXPERIENCES SO THAT IT DOES N'T HAVE TO BE A POLITICAL TOPIC OR STATEMENTS LIKE THIS DO N'T HAVE TO BE MADE.. The BLACK HAIR EXPERIENCE IS DEFINITELY MUCH MORE THAN A SELFIE MUSEUM.. We REALLY FOCUS AGAIN ON THE SELF-LOVE ASPECTS.. Our GOAL IS FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE THE SPACE FEELING, KNOWING NO MATTER WHAT CHOICE YOU MAKE WITH YOUR HAIR. You ARE BEAUTIFUL., I LOVE THIS., THE BLACK HAIR EXPERIENCE POP- FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR., SO YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AND ENJOY IT AND LEARN, AND JUST A YEAH LIKE THEY WERE SAYING, IT'S EMPOWERING GIVES PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONFIDENCE. AND THOSE WHO ARE N'T, FAMILIAR CAN LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT THIS LITTLE POP UP, MUSEUM. AND ALSO JUST ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT HAIR IS. I WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THIS WITH ONE OF MY HAIRDRESSERS TODAY. WHEN IT COMES TO THE FAMILY. You KNOW SHE TALKED ABOUT MISSING. You KNOW HER SATURDAY MORNINGS. She KNEW SHE WOULD BE THERE AT THE SALON.. I KNOW SOME OF MY BLACK FRIENDS HAS SAID: ARE BLACK HAIR? This IS NOT A TREND. This IS A BLESSING RIGHT.