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Artists Talk w/ Andre Rochester & Ande’Ja Johnson
Join Hartford-area artists Andre Rochester and Ande’Ja Johnson in Styling Identities: Hair’s Tangled Histories as they discuss how their personal hair journeys inspired their paintings on view. Rochester’s Wear Your Mask (2021) documents the impact the pandemic had on his personal relationship with hair. Johnson’s Kinks (2022) is an ode to women who have experienced discrimination or unwanted attention for their hair.