After working at a celebrity-approved New York salon, Carter returned to North Carolina and opened Nafisah’s Beauty Boutique in Raleigh.
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Michelle Obama Painter Amy Sherald Visits Chapel Hill for a Portrait Exhibit that Looks Refreshingly Like America Today
THE OUTWIN: AMERICAN PORTRAITURE TODAY Through Sunday, Aug. 26 Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill www.ackland.org With her statuesque proportions and freckled complexion encasing a megawatt smile, Amy Sherald, one of today’s leading painters, commands the attention of any room simply by walking in. Her sandy blonde afro is like a crown that adorns her stylish […]
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You Are Here, NCMA’s Immersive Experience in Light and Sound, Tempers Wild Extravagance with Themes of Sacred, Shared Humanity
YOU ARE HERE: LIGHT, COLOR, AND SOUND EXPERIENCES Through Sunday, July 22 North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh www.ncartmuseum.org As NCMA director Larry Wheeler said at the press preview for You Are Here, on average, a visitor spends a mere sixty seconds experiencing a work of art that might have taken years to create. But […]
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How the Ebony Fashion Fair Broke Down Barriers Between African Americans and Runway Fashion
What would the fashion landscape look like today without Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter? Do you remember the first time you were enchanted by her iconic debut album cover, on which she was strategically draped in rhinestones? When she graced the 2017 Grammy Awards stage, dripping from head to toe in gilded adornment, no one questioned the […]