“Most pieces have to do with exchanges of power, attempts to steal power away from others.” —Kara Walker California-born, Georgia-bred Kara Walker is best known for her room-size black cut-paper…
Born in Havana in 1957, René Peña took his first pictures with his family camera at the age of eight years old but has never had any formal training. His photography…
Empowerment has always been the focus of artist Sylvia Rundles’ work. Known to many of her loyal following as one-half of the team behind the Gbaby vision (her daughter is…
Feb. 9 marked the opening night of the Pan African Film & Art Festival in Los Angeles. While it’s great to see films from around the African diaspora at the…
If DuBois wrote about the souls of black folks, Afro-Italian painter/photographer (and professional basketball player) Abiola Wabara works at painting them. Her deceptively simple style illuminates private moments of a people’s…
Many see St. Louis-born sculptor, painter, and illustrator Jules Arthur as a contemporary Rembrandt. His pensive portraits of Muhammad Ali and other larger-than-life figures from history are collected the world over.…
The California African American Museum presents Mexican artist Miguel Covarrubias, one of the first to present dignified representations of African Americans to the mainstream media. Associated with the Harlem Renaissance,…
The first African American woman with a nationally syndicated comic strip, Barbara Brandon-Croft is an illustrator, writer and editor educated in visual arts at Syracuse University. Her comic strip, “Where…
Born in 1969, Haitian artist Eugène Ledoine began sculpting in 1990. With no formal training, he learned the art of wood carving from his brother and uncle. He uses local woods…