Local Women in their Crowns: A Portraits and Stories Community Project

In conjunction with McCarter Theatre Center’s 2018 production of Crowns, directed by Regina Taylor, the Arts Council of Princeton and McCarter partnered to create Local Women in their Crowns: A Portraits and Stories Community Project. 
 
Inspired by the book of the same name from which Crowns was created, this visual storytelling project captured portraits and the shared stories of black women of all ages and backgrounds in church hats. The culminating exhibition served as a celebration of African American culture and tradition, on view at the Arts Council of Princeton, the Princeton Public Library, and the lobbies of McCarter Theatre. 
 
Photography by S. Bola Okoya and Bentrice Jusu