This is the third program in the Great Homes and Gardens lecture series.

Join authors Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason at Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens during Black History Month to discuss AphroChic: Celebrating the Legacy Of The Black Family Home, which has been hailed as "the most important design book of our time.”

Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason will join Hillwood’s executive director, Kate Markert, for an evening of conversation featuring visuals from the publication, to unpack the historical context, aesthetics, and the role of identity and cultural preservation through the Black Family Home.

Please join the authors for a book signing immediately following the lecture. AphroChic: Celebrating the Legacy of the Black Family Home is available for purchase from the museum store before and after the lecture.

Photos are courtesy of the authors.

HYBRID PROGRAM 

This lecture will be presented in the theater in the Ellen MacNeille Charles Visitor Center and will be livestreamed via Zoom. Visitors can submit questions for the speaker from any location. 

IN-PERSON TIMELINE

5:30–6:30 p.m. | Explore Hillwood

• Enjoy Hillwood’s mansion, gardens, and greenhouse.
• Find the perfect memento from your visit at the museum shop.
• Members receive an extra 10% off regularly priced merchandise when they attend in person on the day of the event. This offer does not extend to online or telephone purchases.

6:00–6:30 p.m. | Members-only wine and cheese reception. Join today!

6:30–7:30 p.m. | Lecture 

7:30 p.m. | Book signing. AphroChic: Celebrating the Legacy of the Black Family Home is available in the museum shop. Click here to purchase the book online!

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The speakers for this event kindly ask our visitors to wear a mask during the lecture and book signing, as they are able.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

AphroChic is dedicated to celebrating design, culture, and creativity throughout the African Diaspora. Founded by husband-and-wife team Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason, the two are experts in creating experiences and telling stories about Black life at home. For over 15 years, AphroChic has been documenting the Black family home and Black contributions in the world of design through projects with HGTV, House Beautiful and their own publication, AphroChic magazine. The company has worked with a number of Fortune 500 companies as content creation experts, developing national marketing campaigns, pop-ups, concept spaces, and experiential environments that focus on outreach to an African American audience. Their clients include Nike, Amazon, Target, The Home Depot, Lowe’s, IKEA, Warner Bros. Discovery, Time Inc., Progressive and Hearst.

Jeanine and Bryan are the authors of REMIX: Decorating with Culture, Objects and Soul and APHROCHIC: Celebrating the Legacy of the Black Family Home, both published by Penguin Random House. The latter is being hailed as "the most important design book of our time." The couple produced HGTV’s Sneak Peek With AphroChic, a groundbreaking house tour series created exclusively for HGTV’s Facebook Live channel. And wrote, directed and produced the documentary short film, Baltimore Speaks: Black Communities, COVID-19 and the Cost of Not Doing Enough, with support from the Centers for Disease Control. 

The couple also guides the creative direction of their collection of coveted home decor products that celebrate the African Diaspora. The line includes lighting handmade in Morocco, a global collection of art and decorative objects, and a luxury line of wallpaper, bedding, and pillows, all available on Wayfair, Perigold and 1stDibs. 

AphroChic has been featured on Good Morning America, Next Question with Katie Couric, NBC Open House and has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.
 

ABOUT THE GREAT HOMES AND GARDENS LECTURE SERIES 

Escape February’s dreariness and immerse yourself in the stories of extraordinary homes, lush gardens, and the people who brought them to life in this four-part lecture series.

Visitors can attend and ask questions whether they choose to come in person or join the livestream from the comfort of home; questions will be taken from all locations.