In the late 1990s, Megan Smetzer was an art history graduate student at Williams College in Massachusetts who hadn’t yet settled on a topic for her thesis. Having grown up in Fairbanks, she was ...

Founded by a passion for craftsmanship, Faraj Inc. began in the historic heart of Damascus, Syria, in 1920, and was brought to life under the skilled hands of Duraiah and Saleh Faraj. Spanning more ...

Above the Arctic Circle, where the temperature plumets below zero and darkness abounds for months, the art of Indigenous beading sustains the resilience of the Alaskan Gwich’in Athabaskan culture.

Introduction: why a book on beads -- The beginnings -- Antiquity: from Neolithic times to the Roman Empire -- Europe: the late Roman Empire to the Renaissance -- Prayer beads -- The world of Islam -- ...

Heritage month invites South Africans to reflect on and celebrate the rich traditions that make us who we are. And if there is one tradition that beautifully ties the past to the present, it is ...