Black artists in comics, Alphonse Mucha-inspired pop-up tattoo salons, and an ode to Essex Hemphill are some of the upcoming exhibitions opening in D.C. this spring.

Jon Batiste will receive the inaugural Ray Charles "Architect of Sound" Award at the annual Grammy Hall of Fame Gala, which ...

Jon Batiste will be the inaugural reciptient for the Ray Charles Award at the Grammy Museum in Los Angles this May.

Michael Ray Charles is a contemporary American painter ... I’m trying to deal with present and past stereotypes in the context of today’s society,” the artist has said. Born in Lafayette, LA in 1967, ...

and received a fellowship to Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, where he eventually became head of the Design Department. Charles and Ray got married in 1941, and moved to California, where they ...

Grammy Museum president/CEO Michael Sticka added, “Ray Charles was a trailblazing artist whose influence knows no bounds, and Jon Batiste is a true reflection of that legacy. Beyond his immense ...