As a young girl, Elizabeth “Betty” Catlett—born in Washington, D.C., likely in 1915—spent a great deal of time with her grandparents, who had been born into slavery and who took care to ...

A key member of the Black Arts Movement and a presence in contemporary art, her artwork has been exhibited in institutions like MoMA. Faith Ringgold is an African American artist, author ...

Woman With Flowers, oil and collage on canvas, 1972. A celebration of black beauty, the work alludes to both African sculpture and African American quilt making. Art Bridges, Bentonville ...

For the people in the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland ... "People like to call them Black quilts, but I don't consider myself a Black quilter. I'm a quilter who's Black.

and Samella Lewis—artists who share deep connections to Hampton’s heritage—reinforce the museum’s reputation as a premier institution of African American art. When Black art was excluded ...