This project will examine the immediate personal benefits of journaling practices and the necessity of art books and journals to preserve Black culture from first hand accounts of personal experiences. By partnering with NY Public libraries, I will demonstrate the relationship between using research to inform the creation of handmade books that serve to document and inform from a creative and personal point of view and how that impacts the understanding of our collective history now and in the future.
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