The Xhosa and Zulu word for “beauty” is Ubuhle. It is also the right word to describe a new form of bead art, developed by a community of women living in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. “Ubuhle ...

The women who created the artwork in Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence “paint” with beads. Each “canvas” is composed of a myriad of tiny glass beads sewn into black cloth stretched ...

It’s the closing week to see the extraordinary art of “Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence”, which showcases a new form of bead art, the ndwango, developed by a community of women ...

Glittering light reflects off translucent glass beads of varying textures and sizes that are carefully threaded onto a neutral canvas, creating a sense of movement. The almost microscopic space ...

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MANCHESTER, N.H. — Twenty years ago on a sugar plantation in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Bev Gibson and Ntombephi “Induna” Ntobela founded a collective called Ubuhle (pronounced uh-boo-klay), which ...

Behind the shimmering beaded artwork now on display at the Dayton Art Institute is the inspiring story of a group of South African women who are gaining dignity through the work of their hands and ...

The Society of the Four Arts brings brightness and color to Palm Beach with the art exhibition, Ubuhle Women, Beadwork and the Art of Independence, which opened Nov. 14 and runs through Jan. 17, 2021.