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A Piece of Puerto Rico in Chicago
Edra Soto's art brings with it the fabulous look and feel of tropical architectural solutions but not always the pain and difficulty of diasporic life.
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An Indigenous MFA Program Moves Beyond "Mastery"
Beyond Mastery illustrates how the Institute of American Indian Arts is liberating and expanding truly beyond those expectations of Indigenous art.
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Daniel Boccato, the Ghost Whisperer
In an interview with Hyperallergic, the Brooklyn-based nonbinary artist shares new sculptures inspired by the tension between the material and the spectral.
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Turiya Adkins Flirts With the Void
In the art of Turiya Adkins, Black people have long defied gravity, our existence has long depended on our uncanny capacity for flight.
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How Long Must We Sing This Song?
Dread Scott channels Nina Simone through works that sing of pain and endurance.
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Avery Z. Nelson on Painting Conflicting Realities
In the plurality of meaning and language, the Brooklyn-based trans nonbinary artist finds a resonant analogy for their experience of the world.
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Constructing Puerto Rican Identity in the 1950s Through Craft, Lists, and Fairs
What untold stories do these crafts hold that can expand and question narratives regarding knowledge, identity, and aesthetics?
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Kentucky’s Black Craft Trail and the Unequal Path from Berea College to Lincoln Institute
The relationship between Berea College and Lincoln Institute is marked by racism, “benevolent” White donors, and Black educators who equipped Black youth with skills in industrial trades.
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The Miraculous Life of an Early Black American Abolitionist and Craftsman
James Forten was a decolonizer, feminist, father, husband, and craftsman extraordinaire, an organizer, a leader of the elite free community of African Americans.
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Indo California’s Largely Overlooked Craft History
In backyards, buffets, and barbecues across California, Indo artists and organizers are attempting to record, preserve, and further California Indo culture.
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Cherokee Craftspeople Are Stronger Together
Teaching traditional Cherokee craft has always been, and will always be, a political act, central to the work of holding onto one another.
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KC Crow Maddux on Resisting Rectangular Confines
For the Brooklyn-based trans artist, traditional modes of displaying art are akin to the gender binary — and he simply won’t be contained.