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Yemaya Jones: Where the Fabric Speaks
Sat, Nov 22
|CMCArts Exhibition Gallery & Courtyard
Celebrate 50 years of artistry with Yemaya Jones: Where the Fabric Speaks, honoring a lifetime of textile innovation and ancestral storytelling. Wear your favorite Yemaya piece and join us in celebrating a visionary whose fabrics echo the spirit of the diaspora.
Time & Location
Nov 22, 2025, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
CMCArts Exhibition Gallery & Courtyard, 10 Strand St, Frederiksted, St Croix 00840, USVI
About the Event
Yemaya Jones: Where the Fabric SpeaksCelebrating 50 Years of Fabric Transformation and Ancestral Echoes
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 22, 2025 | 4 PM – 8 PMArtist Talk: 5 PMLive Music by: DERIOn View: November 22, 2025 – January 3, 2026
Join us in celebrating five decades of creative mastery by pioneering textile artist Yemaya Jones. Where the Fabric Speaks traces Yemaya’s remarkable journey through fifty years of artistic innovation, honoring her mastery of itajime (clamp resist) and batik techniques that have redefined the possibilities of fabric as a storytelling medium.
Get your tickets today and be part of this historic celebration of artistry, culture, and community.
Born in Philadelphia and raised by an artist mother who nurtured her early love for the arts, Yemaya’s work blossomed during the Civil Rights era—when wearing African fabrics became a declaration of identity and pride. Over the years, her artistry has been featured at the Studio Museum of Harlem, Smithsonian Institution,…