A new exhibit has opened at the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center introducing luthier Freeman Vine and the haunting guitars he carved from the wood of a “lynching tree” used in the murder of a Black ...

Freeman Vines is an African American luthier who creates what have been called "contemporary art sculptures hidden as guitars" out of old wood,... Hanging Tree Guitars: The Wood's 'Not Good, Not Bad, ...

The creative process begins as soon as Freeman Vines touches the wood. "Nobody believes me. The wood actually lives. Each wood has an inner spirit, and if you listen you will find some magnificent ...

A North Carolina artist is creating more awareness of Black culture in America by turning something racially violent into something meaningful and impactful, and cementing himself in Black history ...

The “Hanging Tree Guitars” exhibition at the Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center intertwines the tintype work of Timothy Duffy, musicologist, photographer and founder of the Music Maker Relief ...