All Dolled Up: A 40 Year Celebration of the William Grant Still Arts Center’s Annual Black Doll Show, is one of the longest-running displays of Black Dolls in Los Angeles. The show will roll out with three themes and premieres on December 12, 2020, and will run through February 21, 2021. This community tradition honors the diversity and uniqueness of the Black community through an exhibition of historical, artistic, and commercial Black dolls. The retrospective reflects forty years of Black dolls presented at the WGSAC.
Opening Reception Party (virtual):
December 12, 2020, 4-6 p.m.
Website: wgsac.wordpress.com/BlackDollShow2020
RSVP here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/all-dolled-up-the-40th-annual-black-doll-show-opening-reception-tickets-130602027179
Opening Reception Artists/Performers:
Marcus Miller
Veritus Miller
Nia Andrews
Erin Aubrey Kaplan
Artists/Collectors:
Tracy Barwick
Pamela Boddie
Myrya Johnson
Khalisha Jefferson
Niya Dorsey
Sandra Rogers
Kimberly Sigman
Tamika (Nakia) Spencer
Kianga Parker
John Zaragoza
Roseanne Kleinerman
Jessie Evans
Gloria Davis
Shimoda Dolls
Shana Allen
Fana Baba Dayo
Adrianna Mabrie
Candace Thomas
Gloria Grandy
Heather Hilliard Bonds
Cinnamon Willis
Paulette Richards
Fusion Dolls
Trish Williams
Terri Jenkins
Shantelle
Lethia Cobbs
Pat McLean-Smith
Adrienne Franklin
Sharon Pitman
Melange Dolls
Rhonda Gray
Adrienne DeVine
Marva Whitehead
Barbara Flemings
The Uhuruverse
Featured Artists/Collectors:
Pat Shivers
Floyd Bell
Shindana Toys (from the collection of Billie Green)
Mae Dethina de Bahia (from the collection of Barry Stinson)
Dorothy Taylor (from the collection of C. Jerome Woods and Adah Glenn)
Adah Glenn
Angela Briggs
Janice Webb
Dr. Cynthia Davis
Ramsess
Teresa Tolliver
