Mira Gandy Visual Artist

My work is based on ideas related to beauty, self-image, cultural diversity, race, sexuality and the influence of media. It is intriguing to me that these issues affect how women …

Creative animal-inspired fashions

Animal print is as classic to fashion as the little black dress. But this spring, the orange-and-black look of leopard is heading to the back of the closet in exchange …

How to Self-Publish Your Own Quilt Catalog: A Workbook for Quilters, Guilds, Galleries and Textile Artists [Paperback]

Book Description Publication Date: March 16, 2012 Be a quilt artist + author! If you know how to use Microsoft Word, have Internet access, and a dozen or more images …

Don’t Call It a Comeback

Date: Monday, April 23, 2012, 5:46 am By: Tonya Pendleton, BlackAmericaWeb.com   They’re your favorite girl group’s favorite girl group. Sisters With Voices, the 90’s trio noted for their hits …

‘In Living Color’ To Be Celebrated As Fox’s TV Game-Changer

By LYNN ELBER 04/21/12 01:47 PM ET   LOS ANGELES — Television networks are masters of self-promotion, so it’s no surprise that Fox is carving out two prime-time hours Sunday …

Solange Knowles Sizzles In High Slit Skirt At Splendid NYC Store Opening

Huffington Post  |  By Julee Wilson   That’s one smokin’ hot DJ! Solange Knowles hit the ones-and-twos last night at the Splendid store opening in New York City showing some …

‘Think Like A Man’: Box Office Surprise Stuns ‘Hunger Games’

The Huffington Post  |  By Christopher Rosen Posted: 04/21/2012 9:54 am Updated: 04/21/2012 3:48 pm “Think Like A Man,” the new adaptation of Steve Harvey’s best-selling book, earned a muscular …

Erykah Badu Talks: Hennessy Campaign, New Album, & Life As A Midwife

  Erykah Badu’s steadfast pursuit of creativity and inspiration has been an ongoing challenge for the R&B songstress throughout the course of her career. The celebrated soul singer and mother …

Independence key to happiness?

As Araina Bond’s marriage came apart, she felt — in a word — “clueless.” Then she discovered the very thing that had been missing from her relationship: a sense of …