Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African American History and Culture To Open Exhibition Featuring Collections From Five HBCUs

This exhibition honors the legacy of HBCUs as cultural and educational powerhouses,” said Shanita Brackett, acting director ...
The Gazette

Stanley Museum of Art exhibit highlights African textiles in Iowa

African Textiles in Iowa," a current exhibit at the Stanley Museum of Art, highlights a selection of textiles from a ...
Sioux City Journal

Traveling African wax prints exhibit opens at Sioux City Public Museum

SIOUX CITY | Shortly after the "Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints" exhibit went on display at the Sioux City Public Museum, director Steve Hansen saw two young girls admiring three dresses encased ...
WVXU

African fashion rules in British museum show, from chic dashikis to mud-dyed cloth

The blue dashiki (left) is from the Rwandan design studio Moshions and first appeared on a Kigali catwalk 5 years ago. Center: an outfit from womenswear brand IAMISIGO led by Kenya's Bubu Ogisi. Right ...
East Bay Times

UC Berkeley art museum to exhibit 20th century African American quilts

Standing on opposite sides of a roughly 9-by-12-foot table in a work room at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Collection Specialist Laura Hansen wears gloves. Joining to ...
WHYY

All things African art: Philadelphia Museum of Art plans to build a home for diasporic works

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is bringing African art to Philly. The plan is for the art to stay permanently. Imani Roach, curator for the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Brind Center for African and ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal

African American museum seen as part of Historic Westside revival

Las Vegas’ Historic Westside community is paving the way for an African American Museum and Cultural Arts Center, as part of its road map to revitalization. The center is one of many implementation ...