Exhibition opening: Fabiola Jean-Louis, conversation with Wynnie Lamour

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FESTIVAL DES CINQ CONTINENTS 2022

La Maison Française de NYU a le plaisir d’annoncer la 4ème édition du Festival des Cinq Continents, co-organisé avec l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie. Cette année, Haïti est à l'honneur durant 5 jours de programmation passionnante. Du lundi 25 au samedi 30 avril, venez assister à des conversations entre écrivains, penseurs, à un concert exceptionnel de Lakou Mizik à Drom, ou encore à deux lectures théâtrales à la Maison Française. Nous accueillerons aussi les œuvres de l’artiste Fabiola Jean-Louis, qui seront exposées à la Maison Francaise toute la semaine. 

Nous avons hâte de vous retrouver en personne pour célébrer ensemble les artistes haïtiens et caribéens!

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Starting on Tuesday, come discover - or rediscover - the work of Fabiola Jean-Louis from her collection "Rethinking history" which will be on display all week at La Maison Française.

During the opening, she will be in conversation with Wynnie Lamour, adjunct professor at NYU and founder of the Haitian Creole Language Institute of New York. 

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A partir de mardi, venez découvrir ou redécouvrir les œuvres de Fabiola Jean-Louis qui seront exposées à la Maison Française toute la semaine. Sa collection “Rewriting history” sera à l'honneur.  

Lors du vernissage, elle sera en conversation avec Wynnie Lamour, fondatrice du Haitian Creole Language Institute de New York. 

About "Rewriting History"

Rewriting History: Paper Gowns and Photographs is an inquiry into social change. How much has society really changed since the beginning of slavery?  Do Black lives matter even in the 21st century? The series interrogates these questions and more through a haunting photographic essay and paper sculptures styled to mimic garments worn by female European nobility between the 15th – 19th centuries.  As part of a developing master series of paper gown sculptures, the body of work speaks to the shocking treatment of Blacks throughout history and the trauma inflicted on their bodies as juxtaposed with the abstract idea of Black freedom. Simultaneously, the artist engages with a vision of the future – one of hope, strength, resilience, and beauty. The materials used for the paper gown sculptures are transformed in a way that allows the artist to represent layers of time and the events of the past as they intrude upon the present.

 

About the artist:

Fabiola Jean-Louis
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Fabiola Jean-Louis is a Haitian born, New York and Brooklyn raised, mixed media artist currently residing, the same city. As a teenager, she studied fashion design & illustration at the High School of Fashion Industries, and attended the Art Institute of Pittsburg.  During her formal education Fabiola became disenchanted with the fashion industry, and left the field entirely. It would take 14 years before she discovered her talent in photography. 

Through her work, Jean-Louis explores the events of the past, present, and the possibilities of the future that involve her community. Although the mother of five is self-taught and has only been working at her craft for only six years, she is already making waves as an emerging fine artist who can manifest diverse patterns of space-time, sci-fi, costume design, and surrealism within the worlds of her art. 

 

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Wynnie Lamour
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In addition to founding The Haitian Creole Language Institute, Wynnie Lamour is an educator with a focus on Language & Communication. She has spent the last several years teaching Haitian Creole in the New York City metro area to a wide array of language learners, including non-profit professionals, public school teachers, and entrepreneurs. Her experiences growing up in Brooklyn as a Haitian-American have provided her with a unique perspective as an educator, allowing her an ease that comes when one is equally comfortable in both cultures and languages. Wynnie has a BA in Linguistics from Cornell University and an MA in Urban Affairs from CUNY Queens College. Both degrees have allowed her the flexibility to blend effortlessly into many different sectors. Wynnie's philosophy of teaching is rooted in the idea of "Mindfulness", which promotes community and connectedness, while establishing a sense of pride and respect for both the Haitian language and culture. Wynnie's most recent work includes a translation of an excerpt of the Franketienne novel Dezafi published May 2013 by Transition Magazine (Issue 111 "New Narratives of Haiti"), a publication of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University.