Apr 14, 2022 | Arts & Crafts
Search for: Kara Walker is among the most complex and prolific American artists of her generation. She has gained national and international recognition for her cut-paper silhouettes depicting historical narratives haunted by sexuality, violence, and subjugation....
Apr 14, 2022 | Arts & Crafts
Search for: An emerging architect with a wealth of accolades under her belt, Mariam Kamara heads Atelier Masōmī, a boutique architecture practice in Niamey, Niger. The architect gained global recognition in 2018 when she was chosen for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé...
Jan 14, 2022 | Arts & Crafts
Search for: While the idea of extended reality (XR) may evoke traditions of cyberpunk dystopias, at this year’s Sundance New Frontiers, five Black storytellers were leading a shift to place cultural memory and ancestral knowledge at the center of designing collective...
Sep 23, 2021 | Arts & Crafts
Search for: The year after its founding, By Us For Us (BUFU) was crowned “The Dopest NYC Art Collective You’ve Never Heard Of” by Vibe magazine, which was both accurate and conveyed something of its unique high-low mash-up sensibility. The group’s approach is grounded...
Sep 23, 2021 | Arts & Crafts
Search for: A book published by MIT Press features essays and reflections In “Mourning,” a black and white photograph from artist Carrie Mae Weems’s 2008 series Constructing History, two women dressed in black sit next to each other on wooden chairs. Their expressions...
Sep 23, 2021 | Arts & Crafts, Girls We Love
Search for: ‘I use soft colours people wouldn’t associate with black men’ The LA-based painter talks about how her hyper-realistic work reflects and challenges society’s ideas about black lives “I’ve never walked in the shoes of a black man. I don’t know what it’s...
