Black Art Library was created in February 2020 by Asmaa Walton, a Detroit native, arts educator, and ardent developer of the Black cultural archive.

A collection of publications, exhibition catalogues, and theoretical texts about Black art and visual culture, Black Art Library is intended to become a public archive in a permanent space in Detroit. Currently, the collection is a museum exhibition traveling all over the country, inviting visitors to interact, engage, and immerse themselves in Black art and history.

Learn more about this unique "mobile living archive of global Black creativity" from its founder and curator Asmaa Walton.

Asmaa Walton completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education from Michigan State University in 2017. Upon earning a Master of Arts in Art Politics from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, in 2018, Walton joined Toledo Museum of Art as an Education and Engagement Intern. In the same year she was appointed the Museum’s first KeyBank Fellow in Diversity Leadership, a position where she identified opportunities for diversity and equity programming across museums and cultural institutions. In 2019, Walton was appointed Romare Bearden graduate Museum Fellow at Saint Louis Art Museum.

Registration is required and begins Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 9am, closing one hour before the program starts. The Zoom meeting link and password will be emailed to registered participants prior to the program. See below for technical requirements.

The Library's virtual programs are recorded when possible and the recordings made available on YouTube.
Discover our past virtual program and livestream recordings on the Library's YouTube channel.