African glass bead art has been a part of cultural expression for centuries, combining traditional techniques with modern ...

A bead is just a bead in most parts of the globe. But in sub-Saharan Africa, even the smallest piece of pierced glass, shell or stone represents a doorway into a vast – and for many Western eyes – ...

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 ...

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 ...

To make African beaded coasters, you need beads in different colors, a sturdy base such as cork or felt, strong thread or ...

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 ...

OSHKOSH – It's hard to miss the colorful, nearly 15-foot-tall cross hanging in the Paine Art Center and Garden's first-floor gallery, and it only takes one glance to appreciate the effort that must ...

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 ...

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 ...