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Welcome to Dressed, the history of fashion, a podcast where we explore the who, what, when,

of why we wear. We are fashion historians and your hosts, April Callahan.

And Cassidy Zachary. So on Tuesday's episode, we were joined by exhibition curator Jason

Cyrus and exhibition conservator Amahee Gechan, who shared insights into their wonderful

exhibition, history is rarely black or white on view now until March 20th, 2022, at Queen's

University's Agnes, othering ten art center in Kingston, Ontario.

And today, as promised, we are joined by inter-disciplinary artist and fashion storyteller Damian

Joelle, whose work Songs of the Gullah is featured in the exhibition alongside two other

contemporary artists Karen Jones and Gordon Shadrack. Collectively, their work demonstrates

quote, the manner in which the burden of colonial history intertwines itself in research,

making and cultural heritage. We are so pleased to welcome Jason back to the show to give us a

brief introduction to each artist's work before speaking with Damian himself about the powerful

inspiration and meaning behind his pieces in the exhibition. Really, these serve as a potent

reminder about what the future of fashion can and should be. Jason, Damian, welcome to Dressed.

Jason, part and parcel to the exhibition's aim is to show the ways in which the cotton trade's

problematic legacy is still with us today. To do so, the exhibition features the work of three artists,

Karen Jones, Damian Joelle, and Gordon Shadrack, please tell us about this decision and how their

work is in conversation with the historical garments on view. Absolutely. It's this notion going

back to the sense of trying to tell a story in a way that allows us to see that history is

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