The work of the African American quilters Laverne Brackens and Sherry Byrd, who continue the thread of the family tradition, ...

Two centuries later, a number of women in Oakland are recreating the Underground Railroad quilt. It’s one of the annual ...

A buzzy new exhibition on Black dandyism at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York features prominent Baltimoreans like ...

There is a backstory and cultural connection behind African American cloth dolls ... busy textiles that showed scenes from Impressionist art and Japanese-inspired designs, along with mud and kente ...

The Marshall L. Davis Sr. African Heritage Cultural Arts Center will present “Revelations in Rhythm,” a live performance ...

Routed West” expands on a previous display of Black diaspora works from the 1940-to-1970 Second Migration period.

Artist Stephen Hamilton invokes a Yoruba proverb when he talks about his work: “We greet the cloth before we greet the person.” Hamilton’s 15-foot-tall painting on hand-woven fabric, mounted on a hand ...

The first presentation of its kind, “New African Masquerades” offers a rare look into contemporary West African masquerade.

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 ...

This year's Costume Institute spring exhibition and Met Gala are honouring black "dandy" style, and the tradition of bold tailoring worn by black men that has made a statement.

Read more: The 2025 Met Gala Theme Honors Black Dandyism. We’re Already Missing the Point ...

In 2023, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive received $461,000 ... The show will feature more than 100 African American quilts from BAMPFA’s collection to tell the story of the Second ...