Articles by Amy Crawford

About Amy Crawford
Amy Crawford

Amy Crawford is a Michigan-based freelance journalist writing about cities, science, the environment, art and education. A longtime Smithsonian contributor, her work also appears in CityLab and the Boston Globe.

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A Vintage Take on High Fashion Showcases the Beauty of a Stitch in Time

Born Into Slavery, Bill Traylor Would Become a Leading Light of Self-Taught Art

Racism Kept Connecticut's Beaches White Up Through the 1970s

An Artistic Reimagining of London's Past in 'Old River Thames'

What It Took to Set the World Record for Surfing

A New Exhibit Gives Charles White's Art and Activism the Attention They Deserve

The Defiant Ones

Future of Art

Artist Kumi Yamashita Creates an Amazing Human Figure Out of Shadow

A Look Back at the Artist Dora Maar

Why We Should Rethink How We Talk About "Alien" Species