Faith Ringgold. Faith Ringgold is an African American artist, author, and activist who worked on narrative quilts, paintings, and children’s books about race, gender, and social justice.

10 African-American Visual Artists You Need to Know. Posted on August 10, ... As an artist, fashion designer and stylist McCall has been featured in a number of women’s magazines.

Steven Nelson is a professor of African and African American Art History at UCLA. He also directs the university’s African Studies Center. He spoke with me about what this spate of exhibitions ...

“Kuumba Connections: Quilts by Contemporary African American Artists” continues through April 2 at the Ohio Craft Museum, 1665 W. Fifth Ave. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays ...

This Black History Month, 11 women will display their art across mediums, from textiles to oil paintings to acrylic, in an exhibit at KORE Gallery, at 942 E. Kentucky St. in Germantown, entitled ...

Artist Ari Brielle's "Safe Place" is being displayed at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center in Dallas. Her work explores the challenges of African American women in today's society.(Lawrence Jenkins ...

Stephen Towns. Special Child. 2016. Natural and synthetic fabric, nylon tulle, polyester and cotton thread, metallic thread, Thermoweb, cotton/polyester blend batting, crystal glass beads, resin ...

Absorbing exhibition at the Phillips Collection, “Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Traditions,” inspires deeply positive and negative emotions.

A recent and powerful exhibit by New York artist Mickalene Thomas at the Art Gallery of Ontario has opened the door for some deep discussions about Black Canadian women and visual representation.

19 Black women visual artists to recognize for International Black Women's History Month. ... Betye Saar (b. 1926) is an African American artist who works in assemblage.