When she was eleven, Anisa Murshed began bead art as a simple leisure time. Little did she know that her hobby would one day turn her into a Guinness World Record holder for the "Longest Thread of ...

"I began as a painter and I walked into a bead store and it was just like a flash in my mind. I just thought, 'My God, that's the most amazing paint I've ever seen," says Liza Lou. She began to ...

The Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum is now showcasing a new collection of beadwork—from beaded goblets to cradleboards—at its Great Basin Native Artists Gallery. The exhibit features ...

Major New Exhibition Opens at Museum of Art Feb. 1 Excerpted from a Museum of Art press release. John Pemberton, III, guest curator, African Beaded Art: Power and Adornment The Smith College Museum of ...

This story begins with artist Stephan Wanger challenging himself to double a Guinness World Record. It ends with an art critic's challenge to Wanger. Wanger is Louisiana's premier maker of Mardi Gras ...

Kids have done it since string and macaroni noodles existed on the same planet. Today, you can find it everywhere from dime stores to Bergdorf’s. Beaded jewelry, it seems, never loses its timeless ...

Kristen DePante and her family were watching an MTV Cribs episode about skateboarding legend Tony Hawk and instantly recognized the beaded geckos on his children's bedroom walls. "That's us!" they ...

MEXICO CITY - A Volkswagen bug decorated with more than 2 million glass beads glued on by hand by Mexico's Huichol Indians is soon to embark on a world tour. "The point is to raise awareness of the ...

DENHAM SPRINGS — Thirty years of Mardi Gras history will be unveiled at 6:30 p.m. Friday during a grand opening of the traveling Bead Town exhibit at Old City Hall. The exhibit, created by self-taught ...