The Women

Providence, Rhode Island
2021-2023

The Women is a photography-based collaboration between Meehan and Providence-based artist Jessica Brown, utilizing archival photography from the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society to bring into the public square imagery from the state’s lost Black history. 

The piece is a visual outgrowth of the history highlighted by the work of the historians – Truth Tellers – of Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s African American Ambassador Group. The original black and white photograph of The Women comes from the RIBHS collection entitled Preserving the Stories of our Creative Survival, and depicts women from an early 20th century Providence African heritage civic organization.  

With support from For Freedoms, The City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism, SignDesign, Inc, and the Alley Cat & Dark Lady.

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