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Researchers visited the workshop of traditional artist Babulal Marotia to learn more about the pigments used in South Asian ...
In 2020, after a summer of protests rocked U.S. cities, the words “Black Lives Matter” went from the rallying cry of racial justice demonstrators to words lining the very roads along which they ...
After the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, towns and cities nationwide commissioned artists to paint ...
For a long period of American history, art created by African Americans was considered irrelevant and unworthy of ...
Last year, the institute launched its African American Art History Initiative to collect ... says people of color have been excluded from the ranks of fine artists in America and viewed only ...
The Cultural Layers Project from ONE Columbia spotlights African American history in Columbia, SC, through murals, ...
O ne day in 2020, Regina Reaves woke up and her husband, Robin, said, “Surprise, we’re in business!” The couple had discussed starting their own interior design firm but Reg ...
The Met’s exhibition charts the evolution of the Black dandy from the 18th century to today. Here’s what to look for on the ...
These repetitions reveal a harrowing truth. Such a portrait is timeless as long as racial inequality far too frequently sinks life and chances of life in this country. And despite the shrill denials ...
Reggie Gillumo, a celebrated visual artist and sculptor, has been perfecting his unique and easily identified technique for nearly 30 years – vibrant colors with braille-like objects featured in ...
For the people in the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland ... States and sometimes internationally to play golf. I like color, and they are inspired by things that I have experienced.
Hampton University graduates provide creatives of color with resources that don ... one of the country’s few African American-owned art galleries. “I grew up hanging artwork like Amy Sherald ...