Harlem Needle Arts: Building a Black Arts Organization with Michelle Bishop

Lisa speaks with Michelle Bishop founder and director of Harlem Needle Arts, a nonprofit arts organization committed to promoting and preserving arts of the Black diaspora. Since 2005, Harlem Needle Arts has been at "the forefront of revolutionizing, preserving, and expanding the narrative of fiber, textile, design, and needle arts in the African Diaspora through exhibitions, education, technical support, economic development and other tools. HNA’s artistic vision of needle arts, enhances identity, promotes dexterity and pride in one’s ability to create through rhythmic art forms fusing history and art therapy."