For John and Pam Finley, African art, specifically from West Africa, captured their imagination because of the objects’ cultural significance and aesthetic beauty. For example, many were created to ...

Colonial America and the young republic 1700-1820. Plantations ; The revival of African culture on the plantations ; A planter's house in Louisiana ; Plantation slave artists and craftsmen ; Urban ...

After six years, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) is finally shining a spotlight on the transformative gift of over 3,000 African American quilts it received from the late ...

The gallery walls are filed with people laughing, playing, grieving, loving. Evita Tezeno’s beautiful collages offer us the full range of human experience. The Port Arthur native’s exhibition, “Piece ...

Bright colors, unexpected combinations of fabrics and asymmetrical patterns are attracting new attention to African-American ...

The spectrum of contemporary folk art -- Essay two -- The good, the bad, and the outrageous -- The aesthetics of folk art -- Parallels of contemporary art and contemporary folk art -- Contemporary ...

July 28-Aug. 1 — African-American Folk Art Painting. 1:30-2:30 p.m. for rising first- through fourth-graders; 3-4 p.m. for rising fifth- through eighth-graders. Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center.

The African American Museum, Dallas, NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 invite you to celebrate Black History Month in Fair Park. Don’t miss the FREE Family/Community Day and Read-In on Saturday, February 17.