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Since the African American Atelier was founded more than 31 years ago, the staff and board have worked tirelessly each year to fulfill the mission of exhibiting art works by people of color in our professional gallery and validating the experiences.

Join the High Point Arts Council for Art on Tap: Where Art and Creative Minds Meet! on August 20 from 6–8 p.m.Enjoy live...
08/19/2026

Join the High Point Arts Council for Art on Tap: Where Art and Creative Minds Meet! on August 20 from 6–8 p.m.

Enjoy live music by Kay Marion and explore our Art in the Atrium exhibition featuring artists Cortni and Raman Bhardwaj, on view from August 20 through October 9, 2026.

The event is free to attend and will feature live music, delicious appetizers, and a cash bar.

Come connect with fellow art lovers, creators, and community members for an evening of connection, creativity, and celebration.

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✋🏿 Celebrating International Left-Handers Day Through Black ArtToday, the African American Atelier celebrates the artist...
08/13/2026

✋🏿 Celebrating International Left-Handers Day Through Black Art

Today, the African American Atelier celebrates the artists who have created extraordinary work while quite literally seeing—and making—the world from a different angle.

Among them is left-handed artist Bill Traylor, one of the most celebrated self-taught artists in American art. Born into slavery in Alabama, Traylor did not begin drawing until late in life, creating his distinctive figures, animals, scenes, and symbols on discarded cardboard and paper while living in Montgomery. His remarkable body of work has since earned him recognition as a major figure in American folk and modern art.

International Left-Handers Day is also an opportunity to celebrate something artists understand especially well: there is no single “right” way to create.

Whether an artist works with the left hand, right hand, both hands, or develops an entirely individual process, art has always made room for different ways of seeing, moving, thinking, and making.

🎨 Creativity doesn’t follow one direction.

Today we celebrate left-handed artists—and all artists whose unique perspectives help expand the way we see the world.

07/29/2026

♿🎨 Honoring Black Disabled Artists During Disability Pride Month

During Disability Pride Month, the African American Atelier celebrates Black disabled artists whose creativity, innovation, and lived experiences have made meaningful contributions to art, culture, and disability visibility.

Horace Pippin
Mose Tolliver
Victoria Dugger
King Nobuyoshi Godwin
Leroy F. Moore Jr.
Jennifer White-Johnson

These artists remind us that disability has always been part of our cultural and creative history. Their work challenges narrow ideas about beauty, ability, identity, and artistic expression while creating space for future generations of Black disabled artists.

This month and throughout the year, we honor their talent, perspective, cultural impact, and lasting contributions to the arts.

✨ Closing Out July with a Beautiful Work of Art ✨As July comes to a close, we are honored to celebrate one final feature...
07/24/2026

✨ Closing Out July with a Beautiful Work of Art ✨

As July comes to a close, we are honored to celebrate one final featured piece by our July 12×12 Digital Residency artist, Erica Kendrick.

This beautiful sculpture is currently available for purchase and offers a striking glimpse into Erica’s thoughtful process, artistic vision, and distinctive approach to form and material.

We hope you have enjoyed discovering Erica’s work throughout the month and learning more about the creativity behind each piece. Be sure to continue following her artistic journey and support her work beyond the residency.

Follow Erica on Instagram: .art
Explore more of her work: firedpetalsstudios.com

Thank you, Erica, for sharing your artistry with us this July! ❤️

07/16/2026

✨ SCULPTING STORIES IN CLAY ✨

Step inside the studio with our July 12×12 Digital Residency Artist, Erica Kendrick, and witness the care, patience, and imagination behind every sculpture. 👐🏾🌹

Working by hand, Erica transforms clay into intricate floral forms, crowns, sculptural hats, and vessels that beautifully balance softness and strength. Each carefully shaped detail carries a deeper story—honoring Black heritage, feminine adornment, memory, resilience, and the beauty of Black womanhood.

From the first touch of clay to the final glaze, Erica’s process is thoughtful, intimate, and deeply rooted in storytelling. Her work reminds us that art can preserve history, celebrate identity, and turn even the most delicate forms into powerful monuments.

Watch as Erica brings her vision to life—one petal, curve, and meaningful detail at a time. 🖤

Follow her artistic journey at .art and explore more of her work at firedpetalsstudio.com.

07/06/2026

✨ July 12×12 Digital Residency Artist Spotlight: Erica Kendrick ✨

This month, the African American Atelier is honored to celebrate ceramic artist Erica Kendrick, the creative force behind Fired Petals Studio.

Through hand-built ceramic sculptures, floral forms, crowns, and hat-inspired vessels, Erica creates work that beautifully bridges softness and strength, heritage and innovation, memory and resilience. Her pieces bloom with meaning—honoring Black culture, feminine adornment, and the power of Black womanhood through clay.

Each sculpture feels like a tribute: to legacy, beauty, grace, identity, and the stories carried through generations. With rich textures, thoughtful forms, and a deep sense of cultural reverence, Erica transforms clay into monuments of remembrance and celebration.

Please join us in celebrating Erica Kendrick as our July 12×12 Digital Residency Artist. 🌹✨

Follow her work: .art
Visit: www.firedpetalsstudio.com

On the Fourth of July, America celebrates the promise of freedom. But history reminds us that freedom declared is not th...
07/02/2026

On the Fourth of July, America celebrates the promise of freedom. But history reminds us that freedom declared is not the same as freedom delivered.

From Frederick Douglass asking, “What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?” to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. calling this nation to live up to its founding ideals, Black Americans have continuously held America accountable to the words it wrote but did not fully honor.

As Dr. King declared in his I Have a Dream speech, “All we say to America is be true to what you said on paper.”

Artists have long carried that same charge. Through paint, poetry, music, dance, sculpture, and song, Black artists have told the truth, preserved memory, challenged injustice, and imagined a freer future. Their work reminds us that patriotism is not silence — it is the courage to demand that liberty belong to everyone.

This Independence Day, may we celebrate not only the freedom of a nation, but the ongoing work of ensuring that all of her people are truly free.

Freedom Has Always Had a Sound, a Color, and a CanvasAs June comes to a close, we reflect on a month filled with meaning...
06/30/2026

Freedom Has Always Had a Sound, a Color, and a Canvas

As June comes to a close, we reflect on a month filled with meaning, memory, and celebration.

This month, we honored Juneteenth, Black Music Month, the birthday of Miles Davis, and the powerful legacy of Black visual art — living expressions of memory, joy, resistance, and possibility.

Through song, rhythm, brushstroke, texture, movement, and image, Black artists have preserved our stories, celebrated our culture, and imagined freedom long before it was fully seen.

From the sounds that carried hope to the colors that captured truth, Black creativity continues to remind us that freedom is not only remembered — it is created.

As June ends, we continue to celebrate the artists, musicians, and visionaries who give freedom form.

06/21/2026

Happy Father’s Day from the African American Atelier! 💙✨

Today, we honor the fathers, grandfathers, father figures, mentors, and protectors whose love has shaped our lives in quiet and powerful ways.

When our fathers couldn’t always hold our hand, they still had our back. Their wisdom, strength, sacrifices, and steady guidance continue to carry us forward. 👔🖤

To every father who leads with love, teaches with patience, and shows up with heart — we celebrate you today and always.

Photo: John Kornegay Photography

Happy Father’s Day! 💐💙

06/19/2026

Happy Juneteenth from the African American Atelier! ❤️🖤💚

Today, we honor freedom, resilience, remembrance, and the enduring spirit of Black creativity. Juneteenth reminds us that liberation is not only a moment in history, but a continued movement carried through our voices, our stories, our art, and our communities.

At the African American Atelier, we celebrate the artists, ancestors, visionaries, and culture-bearers who continue to shape, challenge, and inspire the world through the power of Black expression.

May this day be one of reflection, celebration, pride, and purpose.

Today and every day, we continue to Say it Loud… 🖤

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200 N Davie Street
Greensboro, NC
27401

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Monday 12pm - 5pm
Tuesday 12pm - 5pm
Wednesday 12pm - 7pm
Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm
Saturday 12pm - 5pm

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