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Artist Sonya Clark's Homage to Madam C.J. Walker

Courtesy of Madam Walker Family Archives

A new exhibit at the Goya Contemporary Galleryhere in Baltimore is inspired by the civil rights activist and entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker, who, more than a century ago, created a company that manufactured and sold hair-care products for black women. In the process, Walker became a millionaire.

The exhibition, called Hair/Goods: An Homage to Madam C.J. Walker,is a collection of work by the internationally acclaimed fiber artist Sonya Clark,who is a Professor of Art at Amherst College in Massachusetts. 

Today's guests also include:

A’Lelia Bundles, the biographer and great-great-granddaughter of Madam Walker.

And Amy Raehse,  who is executive director and partner at Goya Contemporary Gallery and curator of the Walker exhibit.

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