Meet The Founder
Camille Lawrence
Archivist, Web Archivist & Curator Founder of Black Beauty Archive
What began as a career as a professional makeup artist with a background in Art History, evolved into an extraordinary archival project that affirms the cultural significance of Black beauty practices, rituals, and aesthetics. Camille is an archivist who specializes in preserving ephemeral art forms and digital media.
Camille has shared her expertise at national symposiums, on academic panels, and in grassroots community conversations. Throughout all her work, she remains driven by a love of art history, a respect for community memory, and a profound belief in the power of archives to shape how we perceive ourselves and our futures.
EDUCATION
2026 MLIS (MASTER OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE) QCUNY*
2026 COSMETIC SCIENCE CERTIFICATION, eSPELMAN*
2026 CASP CERTIFICATION, AMERICAN APPRAISAL ASSOCIATION
USPAP COMPLIANT THROUGH NOVEMBER 2027
2020 COSMETIC ESSENTIALS CERTIFICATION, FIT
2017 BA, ART HISTORY/GLOBAL BLACK STUDIES, SUNY PURCHASE
*IN PROGRESS
MEMBERSHIPS
BLACK MEMORY WORKERS
COSMETICS HISTORY & MAKEUP STUDIES NETWORK
INTERNATIONAL INTERNET PRESERVATION CONSORTIUM, IIPC TWG CO-CHAIR (2026)
NATIONAL DIGITAL STEWARDSHIP ALLIANCE
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISTS