Artists are nominated by a Smithsonian research staff member and then selected by a panel of Smithsonian art curators and representatives from the science, history and culture communities. More than ...

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

Four cultural stewards of sustainability unpack how indigo embodies Black fashion’s legacy of labor, innovation, and enduring ...

The textile conservator I was working with had pulled out several quilts—one being that of Gary Tyler, an African American quilter who had ... quilt titled “Thousand Pyramids” (c. 1880s, 19th Century, ...

Southern antique market trends, let's discover what’s gaining value and what’s losing appeal across the South as tastes shift ...

The City Federation Club is working to save the historic Orr School in Texarkana, Ark. from demolition and restore it into a community center, while also collecting oral histories from community ...

The exhibit “Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California” runs until Nov. 30, 2025, at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, Calif. (Kevin ...

Quilts carried during the migration of millions of Black people from the South star at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

African American Quilt Documentation Day at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive In conjunction with the quilt exhibit, Routed West: 21st Century African American Quilts in California ...

African American Quilt Documentation Day at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive In conjunction with the quilt exhibit, Routed West: 21st Century African American Quilts in California ...

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, or BAMPFA, collaborated with local artists to showcase 20th-century African American quilts in its new exhibition.