Suffragists features looks designed by artist Shawn Baron Pinckney modeled at Art & Couture: A Contemporary Centennial, our major fundraising event celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment assuring Women's Right to Vote, the suffragists who made it happen, and contemporary women of influence who are our “Modern Day Suffragists." This lobby installation is a continuation of our mission to showcase the powerful role art plays in celebrating the strides that have been made over the last century, and recognize the individuals and organizations that are carrying the torch today.

Suffragists is inspired by women of strength, conviction, and character who broke down the walls of gender inequality and simultaneously birthed a new foundation of government, all while mothering a nation and nurturing those who opposed them. Carrying signs while impeccably dressed in white, adorned with a brooch and purple, gold, and white sash, they transformed city blocks into elegant and refined spaces. Wearing their solidarity, a sea of white, purple, and gold marched on with the rallying cry "Votes for Women."

Pinckney represents the spirit of the suffragist with historical silhouettes and turning picket signs into wearable pieces of art that will inspire the modern day suffragist to transform any space she occupies with the rallying call, “Votes For Women!”

Pinckney’s artwork explores the sacred ritual of dress and its cultural significance. Utilizing fashion, history, and literature as a foundation, Pinckney elicits a new dialogue about societal norms with the objective of opening the viewer’s mind to a broader reality of humanity.

Shawn Baron Pinckney’s  work has been published domestically and internationally including Tableaux Vivants by Tony Ward, Vigore Magazine, Mami Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Delaware News Journal. Pinckney has been a guest lecturer at The University of Pennsylvania for The Art of Couture series.

Lobby Installation

ART & COUTURE - THANK YOU!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Art & Couture: A Virtual Affair! It was a wonderful success and wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our guests and sponsors. Special thanks to Shawn Baron Pinckney for an incredible display of work, and to our Modern Day Suffragist Honorees for remaining committed and supportive during these unprecedented COVID-19 times.

Proceeds of ART & COUTURE support The Delaware Contemporary and our mission through quality virtual programming to promote artists as we continue to make an impact in our community through the arts.

THANK YOU TO OUR ART & COUTURE SPONSORS!