All are invited to visit the Museum “on the house” (free of charge)! Bring a date to enjoy live music by Diana Tuffin with The Matt Kendrick Trio and explore the nationally-acclaimed exhibition Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite. After self-touring the exhibition, guests are encouraged to stroll the Gardens and the Village.

In this gallery talk, Founder & Creative Director for Winston-Salem Fashion Week Nikita D. Wallace will lead a guided conversation through Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite with a focus on fashion. Guests are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance and visit the exhibition before the talk.

This spring, join us for gallery talks with photographer and printmaker Kimberly Varnadoe on March 3, jazz musician Matt Kendrick on March 31, and photographer Owens Daniels on April 28.

Throughout the 1960s, Kwame Brathwaite used his photography to popularize the transformative idea that “Black is Beautiful.” This exhibition—the first dedicated to Brathwaite’s remarkable career—tells the story of a central figure of the second-wave Harlem Renaissance. In addition to his work in photography, Brathwaite co-founded two key organizations: the African Jazz-Art Society and Studios (AJASS), a collective of artists, playwrights, designers, and dancers, and the Grandassa Models—the subject of much of this exhibition’s contents—a creative collective of Black women, founded to challenge white beauty standards.  

In Black Is Beautiful, experience more than forty of Brathwaite’s revolutionary photographs, garments worn by the Grandassa models, posters and Blue Note record albums. 

Exhibition organized by Aperture Foundation, New York and Kwame S. Brathwaite. The exhibition Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite and the accompanying Aperture publication, are made possible, in part, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles.

Class Description

Dust off your sewing machine and learn how to use it! We'll learn how to set up a machine and practice basic skills needed to make any project. This class is intended for people who own a machine but have no experience using it. 

Special Notes

• This class will take place on Zoom. Students will receive a link to the classroom 24 hours before the class.

Required Supplies

• -Working Sewing machine
• -Thread
• -Heavy paper (card stock or construction paper)
• -Pencil or Pen
• -Scissors
• -Scraps of fabric

Class Description

You can knit and you can purl but you'd like to do more! We'll cast on and learn the extra stitches needed for lace as well as how to read lace knitting charts while making a lace dishcloth from inexpensive cotton yarn. 

Special Notes

• This class will take place on Zoom. Students will receive a link to the classroom 24 hours before the class.

Required Supplies

• -US Size 7 needles (if you have US Size 6 or 8, they will also work. Your dishcloth will just be a little larger or smaller)
• -1 skein of Worsted Weight Cotton yarn in a medium to light solid color. Suggested yarns include Nifty Cotton and Sugar & Cream.
• -Tapestry Needle
• -All materials available from Freeman's Creative and Hillsborough Yarn Shop who are currently shipping supplies or other big box stores.

Class Description

If you've never knit before or need a refresher that starts from the beginning, this two-week virtual class will get you started. We'll make a basic garter stitch dishcloth to develop your skill. 

Special Notes

• This class will take place on Zoom. Students will receive a link to the classroom 24 hours before the first class meeting.

Required Supplies

• -US Size 7 needles (if you have US Size 6 or 8, they will also work. Your dishcloth will just be a little larger or smaller)
• -2 skeins of Worsted Weight Cotton yarn in medium to light solid colors. Choose two contrasting but coordinating colors. Suggested yarns include Nifty Cotton and Sugar & Cream.
• -Tapestry Needle
• -All materials available from Freeman's Creative and Hillsborough Yarn Shop who are currently shipping supplies or other big box stores.

Class Description

Mother's Day is just around the corner - and I bet your mom would love a relaxing day at the beach right now! Since we can't go to the beach we are going to bring a little bit of the beach to us by creating a fun pair of beach sandals. You can do this craft with mom for some family fun, or on your own and surprise her with a new pair of sandals when you're done! 

Special Notes

Helpful items: one pair of foam flip-flops, ribbon in as many widths, colors, and patterns as you can find: solid, printed, sheer, opaque,shiny, matte, etc.

Class will take place using Zoom. Registered students will receive a link approximately 24 hours before the class.