For a long period of American history, art created by African Americans was considered irrelevant and unworthy of ...

Elijah Pierce was a barber and world-renowned artist known for his Biblical ... according to Fuller-Yates and the Columbus Black Heritage Collection. Her family home still stands in the middle ...

Stevie Wonder became the first Black artist to win in 1974 for "Innervisions." He has since won thrice. Beyoncé took home the award in 2025 for "Cowboy Carter." Since the Grammy Awards celebrated ...

Haney, a Black Mountain resident, is also an artist specializing in automata, which he described as a “kinetic, figurative sculpture” that moves with the help of cranks and levers or motors ...

The U.S. has a long history of police brutality against Black and brown people ... Cornell Watson Courtesy of Artist (Weems: Audoin Desforges—Rolex; Owunna: Ajamu X; Reece: Mamadou Kaba Dia ...

In the exhibit, a poem outlines a wall written in black charcoal as Dreams both scary and bright are rarely right, but often true. To the figurative artist it means nothing and many things ...

gallerists who realized they didn’t represent a single Black artist suddenly went to recruit them. And collectors — including many Black newcomers to the market — wanted in on the action.

The Black Artist Empowerment Grant was funded by The Pittsburgh Foundation and is managed by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. Carroll, Ashanté Josey and Kahlil Darden served as the grant ...