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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dabls Mbad African Bead Museum isn’t going anywhere. Earlier this week, reports surfaced that the unique Detroit institution ...

Ndebele beadwork is famous for its striking colors and geometric designs, which are now being used in modern fashion collections. Designers are using these patterns on everything from dresses to ...

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 ...

The first step in making Maasai bead jewelry is sourcing the right materials. Traditionally, beads were made from natural elements such as seeds, bones, and stones. Today, glass beads are more ...

Detroit — It was 22 years ago that artist Olayami Dabls was gifted a row of townhouses on the city’s west side to house his extensive African bead and artifact collection. Within those townhouses and ...

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 ...

Olayami Dabls looks at his collapsed MBAD African Bead Museum building before it gets demolished. Credit: Kriss Putnins An 11th-hour appeal to save a collapsed building that was part of Detroit’s MBAD ...

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 ...