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Press Release shared by Fern Gillespie:
The 2016
Annual Harlem Holiday Doll Show and Sale
Showcases
over 400 Unique Black Dolls and Holiday Ornaments on
Saturday,
December 3 at Dwyer Cultural Center
New York, NY--(November 16, 2016) – New York City’s top Black doll
artists will be showcasing and selling over 400 amazing, handcrafted
dolls on Saturday, December 3 at the annual Morrisania Doll Society’s
2016 Harlem Holiday Doll Show and Sale at the Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St.
Nicholas Avenue at 123rd Street. Show hours are 11 AM to 7 PM.
Admission is free.
“This show is about community and creativity. This is the only
doll show in New York City that features such a wide variety of top Black doll
artists. The artists have created incredibly beautiful sculpture and cloth
Black dolls. Many are one of a kind dolls and highly collectible,” said Ellen
Ferebee, president and founder of the Morrisania Doll Society, based in Harlem. “Visitors are always awed by the
outstanding level of craftsmanship evidenced by the doll artists. There will be
handcrafted dolls to fit every budget from $10 to $1,000.”
The Harlem Holiday Doll Show and Sale will features a range of
fabulous Black dolls by acclaimed artists. On site will be Brooklyn Doll Works
by Valerie A. Gladstone, named one of America’s top doll artists. Shaquora Bey
will have her sophisticated soft sculpted dolls. Shirley Nigro will feature her
eclectic line of miniature to life-size cloth, sculpture and even origami
dolls. Joyce Stroman brings her original dolls with clay sculptured faces and
cloth bodies. There’s Rita’s Art Dolls from historic periods. Unique Christmas
ornaments by Goldie Wilson, who is renowned for her cloth and porcelain dolls.
Kellan Waverly will have one-of-a-kind
Kels Mini Mansion Dollhouses. Tanya Montegut has soft sculpture Dolls by Montq. There are dolls by Judanna Cavallo,
Regina Dorsey and Queen Healer. Sophy Davis and Caressa Sheppard have cloth
soft dolls. Angela Huggins has Angel Hugs 4 All Dolls. Terry Jenoure features
soft all fabric dolls.
For almost 25 years, Ferebee has
been collecting Black dolls. She has over 150 rare Black dolls in her personal
collection. “The Morrisania Doll Society is an information conduit that brings Black doll collectors and artists
together,” she explained. “This show is a wonderful opportunity to get to
know the doll creating and collecting community. The public is invited to the
elegant Dwyer Cultural Center to look, learn and purchase.”
The Morrisania Doll Society was formed to bring together doll
collectors and doll artists and to help preserve the history and culture of
African-American doll making. It has produced doll events since 2000.
For more information on The Harlem Holiday Doll Show and Sale,
please visit www.morrisaniadollsociety.com
or email: morrisaniadollsociety@gmail.com.
Or contact:
Fern Gillespie
(This notice will also be placed under the Doll Events tab of this blog and my sister blog, Ebony-Essence of Dolls in Black.)
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