Oct 17, 2022 | Art, Arts Education, Culture
The Black community in Fort Collins makes up 1.5% of the city’s population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. For a college town that loves to celebrate its diversity, community leaders such as Jamal Skinner, founder and executive director of the...
Oct 10, 2022 | Art, Culture, Women
Domonique King is a visual artist who works with yarn and nails to create portraits. She’s leading the Women’s Museum of California’s October ‘Craftivism Class: Nail Art Portraits’ workshop, which is a complement to their “Crafting Feminism” exhibition and intended to...
Oct 3, 2022 | Art, Creativity, Events, Leadership
When comic creator Naseed Gifted co-founded Newark’s Khem festival in 2015, he wanted to celebrate Black animation, gaming and comic book creators. And so he did. The three-day festival, now in its eighth year, recognizes diversity in the comic realm through art,...
Sep 19, 2022 | Art, Culture, Entrepreneurship
Friday afternoon will mark the grand opening of the William Grose Center for Cultural Innovation, a hub for entrepreneurs, creative endeavors, community, education and the sharing of resources in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood. The center is the realization...
Sep 5, 2022 | Art, Leadership, Men, Science
Inside 88-year-old Ed Dwight’s art studio in Denver, Colorado, is a collection of stories told through the sculptures he creates. But before Dwight became an artist dedicated to memorializing notable figures in Black history, he had hopes of making history of...
Sep 5, 2022 | Art, Culture
This weekend, Washington Park on Chicago’s South Side is hosting one of the city’s most popular and riveting events: the African Festival of the Arts. It was sidelined for two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic and, as CBS 2’s Jim Williams told...
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