Let’s Do Better exists to educate and raise awareness on the many unshared experiences, injustices and disparities that exists with-in the Black American diaspora. Through vivid storytelling and creative product, they aim to build the necessary empathy and understanding needed to inspire future generations to want to create a more just society for Blacks in … Continue reading The Kinsey Collection x TAM Collaboration: Let’s Do Better →

“In American history, as in American life, Black Americans are invisible presences. They are not seen, not because of their absence but because of the presence of a myth that prepares and requires their absence. The myth of absence, which expresses this idea and intention, operates not by misinterpretation and slander but by silence and … Continue reading eTceTera x The Kinsey Collection x TAM Collaboration: The Myth of Absence →

Mount Tacoma from Lake Washington by artist Grafton Tyler Brown was the first piece of art to be approved for apparel as part of the collaboration for the pop-up shop. It’s the most eye-catching piece both for ourselves and all the Museum’s visitors because there is so much familiarity behind the piece. When we began … Continue reading eTceTera x The Kinsey Collection x TAM Collaboration: Grafton Tyler Brown’s “Mount Tacoma” →

When we knew that we would be teaming up with the Kinseys and Tacoma Art Museum for the exhibition, the Buffalo Soldier design was one that jumped right out of The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection catalogue and into the running for items in the pop-up shop. In the beginning of the design … Continue reading eTceTera x The Kinsey Collection x TAM Collaboration: Buffalo Soldier →