1926) is an African American ... artist from the 2010s, Self has exhibited in major institutions like the Studio Museum in Harlem. Self paints Black womanhood as multifaceted and complex. Julie ...

With curatorial freedom and federal arts support under threat, artists are turning to the streets to preserve their voice—and their values. Brooklyn artist Julie Peppito was near the front of on ...

Leaders at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and others say their core mission of elevating Black ...

Like any jazz artist, the ability to adapt and improvise is a welcome skill. For the people in the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland, that skill reconciles years of history and encourages the ...

The film "Right On Be Free" emphasizes the importance of art and community in the African American experience. It calls for black individuals to engage with their heritage through artistic expression, ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Adam Sanchez remembers tears streaming down a student’s face as his high school class left the lower level of the National African American Museum of History and Culture a few ...

Kevin Young, the director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture since 2021, has stepped down. He announced his departure in a memo to museum staff, said Smithsonian ...

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) Singling out landmarks such as the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Trump argues that these ven ...

Wright Museum) Wright eventually inaugurated the International Afro-American Museum (IAM) in 1965. Upon its opening in January 1966, the museum displayed collections of African art and instruments ...

Where African American artists recover their roots, a reverse cultural diaspora is taking shape. To highlight the next generation, the Italian curator Mariella Franzoni has organised the Tomorrows ...