Ann Johnson, Homespun, intaglio on raw cotton, found infant britches from the Seward Plantation, 18 x 24 inches in box frame, 2022.
National Juneteenth Museum. Museum purchase. Images courtesy of the artist.
Ann Johnson. Tut’s Ice, Mixed Media: Beads, gilding, regulation goal on wood, found object chain net, 4’ x 4’ X 17” , 2004, Recently restored 2024.
National Juneteenth Museum. Museum purchase. Images courtesy of the artist.
The museum also obtained works that expand upon definitions and pathways of freedom, like Houston artist Ann “Sole Sister” Johnson’s Homespun, a mixed media work that features garments from the Seward Plantation in Brenham, Texas, and a restored mixed media beadwork from Johnson’s 2004 Hooping Dreaming series that draws connections between basketball, “hoop dreams,” and the promise of freedom. The work was most recently highlighted at Johnson’s exhibition at the Museum of the African Diaspora in 2025.