In 2018, Nana Quagraine googled “African design” and was surprised to find out that unlike “Scandinavian design” and “Italian design,” searches that predictably elicited Wikipedia entries, this one yielded zero results. This was shortly after she herself had just launched her business, 54Kibo, an…
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ASPIRE Pick of the Week: Black Artists + Designers Guild to Present “Beyond the Mask” at HPMKT
Seventeen different artists who are members of the guild will debut an exhibition called “Beyond the Mask: Storytelling in Black Art and Design” at this April’s High Point event. Artist Glenyse Thompson’s work for “Beyond the Mask” According to exhibit co-curator Leyden Lewis, Guild founder Malen…