where she became the first Black woman to obtain an MFA from the University of Iowa. She met her first husband, Charles Wilbert White, while studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Hobbs’ art serves as a living altar to the multiplicity of Black women’s experiences. Calling the work “reverential,” her ...

But in 2019, Hannah started working on another project — a coffee-table-style book that would celebrate the contributions and experiences of Black ... women. Hannah interviews each Queen ...

She also led a conference on quilling at an exhibition organised by the Forum for Artists Women Wing ... others through art, Rajani earned the title — Vijayawada’s ‘Queen of Crafts’.