Betye Saar's Black Dolls New York Performances

Now at the DiMenna Children’s History Museum, *Betye Saar’s Black Dolls* presents a focused look at the artist’s use of dolls and found materials to confront the imagery historically used to define Black life in America. Saar’s assemblage practice turns playthings into documents, tracing how stereotypes are made, circulated, and resisted. Framed for kids and families, the exhibition invites careful looking and plainspoken questions about representation. One clear takeaway is how Saar makes the domestic object carry public history without didactic explanation.