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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, ...
Starting at 10 a.m. each day, kids will be able to weave small baskets, learn to cross-stitch, design their own jewelry, decorate candles and create scrimshaw from synthetic materials. There will also ...
The newly named chairs were celebrated during a reception at the Washington Duke Inn, where President Vincent Price, Provost ...
Who is Lindsey Halligan, the attorney assigned to help remove “improper ideology” from Washington’s most important cultural ...
Uncover Monáe’s journey as a groundbreaking artist and actress, using her platform to inspire creativity and advocate for ...
The crack explosion in the mid-1980s spawned millionaire kingpins who waged violent turf wars, along with countless ...
In 2016, she submitted one of her paintings, a portrait called Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance), featuring an elegant African-American woman holding an oversized teacup, to the ...
On April 15, the College of Fine Arts hosted a lecture by Dr. Joan Kee, the director of the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.
At the intersection of racism and misogyny, Giddens writes in the liner notes, “stands the African American woman, used ... Giddens alchemized that fury into art. Americans of all colors ...
Tucked away in Clarksburg, behind an unassuming stone facade and a gently waving American flag, sits a culinary time capsule ...
Leaders at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and others say their core mission of elevating Black ...