Linda Ammons, Sweetgrass basket maker at work, B/W photograph, Courtesy of the artist, Wilmington, Delaware

Linda Ammons, Sweetgrass basket maker at work, B/W photograph, Courtesy of the artist, Wilmington, Delaware

Benny Andrews, Viola Andrews Teaching Sunday School, 1989, Oil and collage on canvas, Estate of the artist, New York, New York

Mary A. Jackson, Sweetgrass basket, undated, Woven sweetgrass, Courtesy of an anonymous lender, Washington, DC

Jacob Lawrence, Supermarket Flora, 1997, Silkscreen on paper, Courtesy of the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, Washington, D.C.

Liz Nutter, West Virginia Star Quilt, 2007, Pieced fabric, Courtesy of the artist, Parkersburg, West Virginia

Synthia Saint James, Offering to Oshun, 1992, Print, Gift of the artist to the Art in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Arnold Sobers, Hendro I, undated, graphite and ink, Courtesy of the artist, Accra, Ghana