Latino Black velvet art exhibit at Michigan Historical Museum - WDET 101.9 FM

Latino Black velvet art exhibit at Michigan Historical Museum - WDET 101.9 FM

The Michigan Historical Museum is showcasing black velvet paintings and their ties to Latino History in a new exhibit. “Black Velvet: A Rasquache Aesthetic” includes more than 100 black velvet paintings from the private collections of co-curators Elena Herrada and Diana Rivera, collector Minerva Martinez and from the community.  “[This is] probably the only kind of art exhibit ever where people brought their own and added them to the collection,…