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The examination of Black artists and sitters throughout art history, however, has been a chronically understudied and undervalued within Eurocentric discourse, making headlines reexamining Black ...
84 locs and each one is perfect! Silver Moran locs are golden- pun intended. Her crown is a flawless blend of precision, patience, and pure Black girl magic. Every strand is uniform, every part is ...
and exhibitions spotlighting Black portraiture swelled across the art world. But the surge was fleeting. In the latest New York Magazine article, “How the Black Portraiture Boom Went Bust ...
In a historic move, Minnesota officially launched the nation’s first “Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls Office” during a ceremony at the State Capitol on April 9. The office ...
It was a fitting backdrop for Black Girls in Art Spaces’ first gathering of the year. The arts community founded by Dallas resident Kaci Merriwether-Hawkins exists to champion the work of Black ...
1:30 p.m. April 12, 2025: This story has been clarified to reflect the group aims to invite Black women into art spaces. It was a fitting backdrop for Black Girls in Art Spaces’ first gathering ...
In the beginning, the Guerrilla Girls eviscerated the art world status quo using black-and-white posters with crisp typography that used simple numbers to illustrate the truth of how galleries and ...
This month-long bus tour created spaces for Black girls to connect through art, music and shared experiences across multiple southern cities. The Resistance and Resilience mini-grants aim to ...
Out of those initial meetups birthed Black Girls Hike, helping to expose Black women (and men, too, by the way) to the benefits of getting outside and walking. “We do local parks, we do city ...
At Cesar Chavez School, twice a week, a group of girls give up lunchtime in the cafeteria to read. They're part of the Black Girls Book Club, which teacher Khadija Jones, started this year.
hairdresser Nancy Komi asks her young students to repeat at a weekly workshop dedicated to teaching Black girls how to style their natural hair. The classes are as much an opportunity for ...
Overlooked, underutilized and underpaid is how Terri Bailey said she would characterize the Black artistic community in Gainesville. Born and raised in Gainesville, Bailey has witnessed firsthand ...