Keynote Speaker: IBé Crawley

IBé Bulinda H. Crawley is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans book arts, sculpture, printmaking, and fiber traditions. Taught to sew by her mother and grandmothers, she later taught herself to carve stone and wood, expanding her work to include clay, dollmaking, papermaking, and print.

She is the founder of the IBé Arts Institute, located in a restored 1830s schoolhouse built by enslaved black men in Hopewell, Virginia. The institute serves as both a repository for her work and a collaborative space for fellows and creative partners. Crawley's work centers the lives of black women and girls, exploring history, community, and the fragility of freedom through artist books, sculpture, and print, grounded in archival research and storytelling.

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