Mario Landicho (known in Vancouver’s tattoo scene as Mayo) remembers tattooing before he ever called it art. Growing up in the Philippines, tattoos were linked with gangs and rebellion. Mayo gave ...

Language of the past Modern beading designs like sports team logos or cartoon characters were not common when grass dancer Arthur Redman of Standing Buffalo, Sask., was younger.

We use different trims. I mean, with traditional clothing, the design has, I want to say, evolved. We use modern ways of designing our clothing. Each person demonstrates their art in a different way.

India, home to one of the world’s richest design heritages, is emerging as a vanguard of this movement. Across the country, ...