Category: Nation Building

• Guiness Advertising featuring The Sapeurs (Society of Elegant Persons of the Congo)

  “In life you cannot always choose what you do, but you can always choose who you are.” Peace, cultural and gender identity, nation building, community, trade, economics, genealogy and family through the vehicle of fashion. Read Adweek’s article “Ad of the Day: Congo’s Sapeurs Star in the Best-Dressed Guinness Commercial Ever: Central African elegance By David Griner.”…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  January 21, 2014

  Arts, Black History and Culture, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Nation Building, Visual Arts

  African, Brazzaville, Congo, Fashion, Guiness, Men, Nation Building, Sapeurs, Style

• Artworks Disappear Overnight As 5 Pointz Graffiti Haven Is Painted White

  New York, the greatest suburb on earth. From the HuffPost article: “Despite the efforts of many to save Long Island City’s 5 Pointz from demolition, the renowned graffiti haven has finally met its end. The massive warehouse that served as Queen’s biggest street art canvas was whitewashed overnight, erasing nearly 30 years of New York…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  November 19, 2013

  Americana, Arts, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Nation Building, Visual Arts

  art, gentrification, graffiti, New York City

• Juneteenth circa 1900, Austin, Texas

  The official Juneteenth Committee in East Woods Park, Austin, Texas on June 19, 1900. (Courtesy Austin History Center, Austin Public Library) Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Juneteenth-Our-Other-Independence-Day.html

  Simone Monique Barnes

  June 19, 2013

  Black History and Culture, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Genealogy and Home Collections, Nation Building, Visual Arts

  1900s, African American, Austin, East Austin, History, Juneteenth, Photography, Texas