Black Art Travel

05/12/2024

This week we celebrate the ‘MOTHER OF BEADWORK’ - artist JOYCE J. SCOTT. The award-winning artist is known for creating iconic, intricate beaded sculptures that blend beauty and humor with biting social commentary on issues like racism and sexism. Her work is now featured in a grand exhibition showcasing 50 years of her career as a multidisciplinary artist. "Joyce J. Scott: Walk A Mile in My Dreams" is now on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Click the link to find out how Scott became one of the most important artists of our time by developing the skills her Mother taught her as a child. https://bit.ly/4dN0CmS

09/10/2023

“AFRICA FASHION” at the Brooklyn Museum is a ‘must-see’ exhibition of 2023! This immersive journey spans 20 African countries and features the works of 40 iconic and contemporary designers & artists. Witness how the 1950s African independence movement spurred a fashion renaissance that has now become the bellwether of Global fashion. Click the link for full story and some major African fashion slayage! https://bit.ly/3P1s6JK

05/22/2023

Love art & design and waterfront retreats? Travel with us to the June grand opening of the International African American Museum in Charleston, SC; In September, join us for fashion shows and exhibitions during Fashion Week 2023 in New York City. Click button for more details.

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02/23/2023

CULTURE + EVERYDAY BLACK HISTORY: The number of people of color featured on the cover of major magazines in September 2022 - is unprecedented & HISTORIC!! Click the link for some major fashion ‘slayage’ and an insightful essay, on how Black culture became the biggest influencer of mainstream media. https://bit.ly/3SpBmbY

01/17/2023

An awesome read!

Today we honor a man who dreamed of a world where there is love, equity, and justice for all: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 💛 Happy

Some of the most important moments are had at the dinner table. 🏡 And Dr. King’s friends and family knew that mealtime was where the Civil Rights leader found some of his greatest joy in his truly private moments.

Food nurtured and encouraged a man who experienced beatings, arrests, and death threats across the country—and in his own home. In March 1968, his friends Ralph and Juanita Abernathy hoped that a home-cooked dinner would soothe his concerns about a troubling sanitation workers’ march in Memphis.

Read more about what took place at this important gathering at the King family table 🔎👉🏽 bit.ly/3XeFo8N
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📷 Benedict J. Fernandez, Photographer, "Dr. King enjoys lunch with his family after church in Atlanta," 1967-1968, printed 1989, gelatin silver print, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Eastman Kodak Company and Michael S. Engl)

12/28/2022

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12/04/2022

I’ve been writing about artists of color 23 years and for 5 years published a magazine! Recently, I parlayed my love of art, fashion and design to create Black Art Travel – an agency focused on luxury group travel. As I trek around the world, in search of design, culture, history…and some delectable dining - I’m inviting you to join me! Don’t forget to join the email list to be first to find out about the next trip. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3gTPCeR

12/04/2022

The DMV ARTS GUIDE is back! Explore the Winter ’22 season of works by artists of color in DC, MD and VA across 5 themes: The Jacob Lawrence Effect, A Moment for Self-Taught Artists, Relationships & Connection, Beauty & Achievement and It’s Political and Personal. https://bit.ly/3UuHuPI

09/07/2022

08/26/2022

It’s almost time for Fashion Week 2022! Last year, we traveled to the Big Apple for the Fashion Bomb show, during New York Fashion Week. We caught up with Fashion Bomb Daily founder, Claire Sulmers, who produces the annual show featuring all-Black designers. And we captured some of the Street Style looks here: https://bit.ly/3AsbvHA

08/26/2022

Fiji, one of the most popular spots in the South Pacific, is now ON SALE! You can stay in a sun-drenched, palm fringed, Fijian bure right on the beach. Enjoy long days of swimming, snorkeling, scuba diving and sailing or lounging and bonding with the famously-friendly locals.

Book the 11-Day Paradise Getaway with Airfare by SEPT 30, 2022 for travel DEC. 2022- MAR 2023. Includes 5 nights in a first-class resort on the Coral Coast and 3 nights in a first-class resort in the Mamanuca Islands.

US prices from $3,879. Flights from LA, San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago, Toronto and Vancouver. Call for more details and full itinerary.