Accessories are key when it comes to layering African beadwork in winter outfits. Think of adding chunky necklaces or ...

There are several techniques to apply beads onto glass bottles. One popular method is using strong adhesive glue to attach ...

Two new exhibits, displaying beadwork from cultures on opposite ends of the globe, open this month at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. “Plateau Pictorial Beadwork: The Fred L. Mitchell ...

Olayami Dabls, founder of Detroit’s MBAD African Bead Museum, is the Kresge Eminent Artist for 2022. The award, presented by the Kresge Foundation, includes $50,000 in recognition of lifetime ...

The brightly colored mural hanging in the lobby of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, part of a traveling exhibit opening today, took museum staff much of a day to hang - the scene of a ...

Vanessa Wijngaarden received funding from the Iwalewahaus of the University of Bayreuth. Maasai warriors wearing red and women wearing beads have come to be seen as symbols of “traditional” Africa.

Detroit - Inside an old building adorned with a bright eye-catching mural made of beads on Detroit’s west side is a man who tells stories about the history of African beads. Olayami Dabls, 73, of ...

Dabls Mbad African Bead Museum isn’t going anywhere. Earlier this week, reports surfaced that the unique Detroit institution founded by artist and collector Olayami Dabls in 1998 would be closing its ...

Olayame Dabls has a vision for Detroit. It s a dream he s cultivated for the better part of 23 years as a local historian and collector of all things African. Standing in front of the brightly ...