Fox News host Eboni K. Williams says embrace your pretty

Last month, “The Fox News Specialists,” co-host and radio personality, Eboni K. Williams received an incredible mix of backlash and support after berating President Donald Trump for not calling out White nationalist groups for their violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. The

After hair loss, 3-D printing changed a woman’s life

After nearly seven years of struggling with hair loss, Donna Washington can finally look in the mirror and recognize her beauty. According to Washington, she owes it all to a 3-D printing hair loss solution provided by Cesare Ragazzi Laboratories.

3 works of art to help you get by

During a nerve-racking political climate there are plenty of artworks to distract your mind’s eye. But there are also pieces that can soothe your consciousness by artistically exploring the complexities of social and personal issues. That’s why we asked Jessica

Dannis Winston takes notes from the masters for debut EP

Earlier this year, Dannis Winston, a bandleader, singer/songwriter, and President/CEO of Winston’s Crew Collective took the first step on his journey of parlaying his successful wedding band career into solo mainstream music success with the release of his debut single “Let

Writer campaigns to revitalize Langston Hughes’ home

For the last 20 years of his life, the celebrated writer Langston Hughes lived at 20 E. 127th St. in Harlem. Now nearly 50 years later, his legacy has inspired award-winning author Renée Watson to launch a crowdfunding campaign to rent the

Mackey twins offer tips on collecting Black art

Twins are known to share many things. For identical twin sisters, Karen and Sharon Mackey, one of those mutual passions is visual art. In 2004 they founded the Mackey Twins Art Gallery in Mt. Vernon, New York. Since then, the

A world traveler takes action with When in Need Foundation

When most travelers go on vacation it is to relax and unwind. However for Chetachi Ecton traveling to resorts throughout the world proved more taxing than relaxing. It was during a trip almost three years ago when she stepped foot

Danny Simmons is ‘On to Something Beautiful’ with art series

The history, pulse, rhythm and energy of Africa spiral into motion in a new series by visual artist Danny Simmons. Noted for his abstract-expressionist paintings, Simmons is now merging oil paints with African and abstract print fabrics. On the surface, the

Will Downing

Will Downing explores gender roles on new album

For his latest album, R&B veteran Will Downing decided to flip the lyric. On Black Pearls, listeners will find the crooner covering a staple of songs made famous by Chaka Khan, Deniece Williams, Cherrelle, Jean Carne and Phyllis Hyman, among others.

DNA tests inspire new photo series on race and identity

In They Still Live, Denver-based artists Thomas “Detour” Evans and Tya Alisa Anthony present a series combining DNA, African relics and African Americans in Denver. For the project, Evans and Anthony had each model conduct DNA testing provided by Ancestry.com. Based on the

African American Museum in Philadelphia reimagines its future

Legendary Philadelphia radio personality Patty Jackson was just a teenager when the African American Museum in Philadelphia opened in 1976. On Friday, April 8, she returned to the museum to host its 40th anniversary celebration. “Forty years later and this

Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys are true art enthusiasts

Kasseem Dean, aka Swizz Beatz, became a member of the Brooklyn Museum’s board of trustees this past October, and in a show of his dedication he brought along wife, Alicia Keys, to the museum’s recent Fund for African American Art

Visual artists are ‘pushing buttons’ in multiple ways

Since one of the earliest known buttons was found at Mohenjo Daro in the Indus Valley (now Pakistan) nearly 5,000 years ago, buttons have gone from being ornaments to indicators of economic and social status to commonplace mass-produced objects. Now they

#SidneysSoWoke campaign challenges whitewashed Oscars

The backlash against the Academy Awards for once again nominating only White actors has intensified. Oscar boycott parties are being hosted across the nation this Sunday, and  directors Ava DuVernay and Ryan Coogler recently announced a fundraiser for Flint, Michigan, in

Hip-hop’s past on display in new photo exhibit

When photographer Joe Conzo reflects on hip-hop’s early days one word comes to mind: innocence. During the late 1970s he began to document the birth of hip-hop in New York City prior to the culture becoming a global commercial force

Interactive paintings you can touch and hear

Most visual artists prefer that viewers do not touch their completed works whether on display at a museum, gallery, or studio. Thomas “Detour” Evans, is not of that mindset. The 30-year-old emerging artist creates interactive paintings that are meant to