News Flash - Museum Exhibition

"Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence" Is Out of Isolation and showing at

Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum, KS
October 22, 2021 – January 21,2022

Paine Art Center and Gardens, Oshkosh, WI
February 19, 2022 – May 22,
2022

Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
July 17, 2022 – October 23, 2022

Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
March 25, 2023 – June 24, 2023

  • I support this outstanding project and urge those who can help to do generously

    Desmond Tutu
    Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town

  • We were overwhelmed by the beauty and artistry of the work, the scale of the pieces and intricacy of the beading,

    Marcia Baird Burris
    Curator

  • The most soulfully exquisite, artfully crafted work

    Joseph Romatelli

  • I sat and wept, overwhelmed not only by the beauty of their world and it’s vibrancy but for these women who are striving to succeed and survive!

    Barbara Sorce

  • Abstract in their appearance and masterful in their construction the beaded panels speak to a new dynamic for the medium.

    Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum

Dance of Joy

Zondile Zondo
57cm x 88cm
Czech and Miyuki Beads and Chrystal

Louis Vuitton Paris African Art Ubuhle Beads

Paris - Ubuhle Beads - Louis Vuitton et Salvatore Ferragamo