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Launched in 2022, MoPOP’s Guest Curator program highlights emerging curators and voices, providing insights into exhibition creation and development. Guest curators work with MoPOP’s Curatorial, Collections, and Exhibits teams while sharing valuable new perspectives and interpretations of MoPOP’s permanent and oral history collections.
Guest Curator Edition – 02: Adeerya Johnson
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Adeerya Johnson is MoPOP’s Associate Curator and Hip-Hop feminist scholar from Atlanta, Georgia. Her scholarly work, which she refers to as "Dirty South Feminism," gives modern insights on Black women's identity, Hip-Hop dance, and contemporary representations of Black womanhood within Southern Hip-Hop cultures through a Hip-Hop Feminist lens.
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Adeerya Johnson is MoPOP’s Associate Curator and Hip-Hop feminist scholar from Atlanta, Georgia. Her scholarly work, which she refers to as "Dirty South Feminism," gives modern insights on Black women's identity, Hip-Hop dance, and contemporary representations of Black womanhood within Southern Hip-Hop cultures through a Hip-Hop Feminist lens.
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Open now at MoPOP, the selection of artifacts on display provides a historical and nuanced portrayal of how Black women tell their stories, express their style, show off their lyrical skill and sexuality, as they navigate Black womanhood, and name their artistry as founders of Hip-Hop music and culture.
As you journey through the pop-up exhibition, you'll witness a chronological history of how Black women shape their image, sound, and fashion, while navigating sexist challenges posed by societal norms and expectations that exist in Hip-Hop culture.
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Open now at MoPOP, the selection of artifacts on display provides a historical and nuanced portrayal of how Black women tell their stories, express their style, show off their lyrical skill and sexuality, as they navigate Black womanhood, and name their artistry as founders of Hip-Hop music and culture.
As you journey through the pop-up exhibition, you'll witness a chronological history of how Black women shape their image, sound, and fashion, while navigating sexist challenges posed by societal norms and expectations that exist in Hip-Hop culture.
ON DISPLAY
