A Visit to Sharon Frazier's Minature Doll Houses in Alexandria, VA!

Yesterday, I attended the African American Arts Meet Up Group led by Sharon J. Burton of Authentic Contemporary Art at the Alexandria Virginia, Black History Museum. If you recall, I blogged about the Miniature Doll House show about a month or so ago. Well, I finally had a chance to check it out and what a wonderful exhibit is! Sharon Frazier a local doll enthusiast and artist, along with her carpenter Linwood, created several doll houses and other community iconic buildings celebrating the history of Black Alexandria, Virginia, her family and history.

Let me tell you the photos I posted do not do justice to this wonderful exhibit. These miniature doll houses and miniature dolls were just simply amazing! She had a gas station, a church, a log cabin for the Buffalo Soldiers, a barber shop, a beauty salon, a medical center, a school. There was so much to see and the detail on these were just simply wonderful. Once we showed up, Sharon Frazier happened to be there and we had a chance to chat with her about her creations and what inspired them. Sharon was very modest about her wonderful creations. However, we encouraged her to take the exhibit on the road with her.

If you get to Alexandria, Virginia before the end of the month- Please visit the Alexandria Black History Museum and check out Sharon Frazier's Miniature Doll Houses before the exhibit closes at the end of January.

Opening December 3rd: Childhood Memories in Minature: African American Dollhouses Exhibition

Opening Wednesday, December 3 – Childhood Memories in Miniature: African American Dollhouses Exhibition

Take in the memories of childhood and the spirit of the holidays with this joyful exhibit of miniature dollhouses by Sharon J. Frazier and Linwood M. Smith. This new show at the Alexandria Black History Museum (902 Wythe St.) features more than a dozen buildings and rooms in 1:12 scale, including a log cabin, stone home, one-room schoolhouse, and church, as well as buildings and rooms inspired by real places in Alexandria. A barbershop and hair dressing salon, a medical building, an attorney's office, and a florist were all influenced by actual businesses in the Parker-Gray community, a historically African-American neighborhood in Alexandria.

The exhibit is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., through Saturday, January 24, 2009. Suggested admission is $2. For more information, please visit www.alexblackhistory.org or call 703.838.4356.