10/14/2026
Break a leg this weekend to the cast and crew of Framingham High School Drama Company! Framingham has a long history of phenomenal theater, including this costume piece .
Have you ever heard of renowned African-American Harlem Renaissance sculptor Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller?
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller was born in Philadelphia in 1877. Exposed to the arts from a young age, Meta was offered a prestigious three year scholarship to the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art. She then went on to complete two years of postgraduate study in Paris starting in 1899, where she met and became close friends with famous African American activist and sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois.
Following her return from Paris, Meta exhibited her work at prestigious institutions like the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and accepted a US government commission for the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition, earning national prestige.
By the 1920s, Meta met and married Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller, a psychiatrist known for his work on Alzheimer's Disease. They bought a house on Warren Road where they lived with their three children. W.E.B. Du Bois visited this house. Meta became very involved with the Civic League Players, an amateur community theatre group tied to the Framingham Civic League, working on 30 shows in a variety of aspects, including costume design. This jester’s hat was made by Meta, who also helped organize the Framingham Dramatic Society and was very involved with St. Andrew’s Church.
FHC Collection 2024.21.15
