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Events

05/10/2025

Opening Day and Artist Meet & Greet

12pm

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5pm

Museum of Craft and Design, 2569 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94107

Event Details

05/10/2025

Opening Day and Artist Meet & Greet

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The Museum of Craft and Design invites you to a special opening day of Beau McCall: Buttons On! Meet Beau and geust c...

Event Details

12pm

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5pm

Museum of Craft and Design, 2569 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94107

05/11/2025

Curator Walk-Through: Buttons On!

1:30pm

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3pm

Museum of Craft and Design, 2569 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94107

Event Details

05/11/2025

Curator Walk-Through: Buttons On!

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‘The Button Man’ comes to the Museum of Craft and Design! Guest curated by Souleo and organized by the Fuller Craft M...

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1:30pm

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3pm

Museum of Craft and Design, 2569 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94107

ON VIEW AT Museum of Craft And Design -- "BEAU MCCALL: BUTTONS On!" -- May 10 - September 14, 2025 -- Curated by Souleo

Check out Beau McCall's nationally-touring retrospective showcasing pieces from his nearly forty-year career, the debut of several new works, and select archival material. Click here for details. 


Guest curated by Souleo and organized by Fuller Craft Museum.

Now Available: Exhibition Catalog For Beau McCall: Buttons ON!

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Abundantly illustrated with nearly 100 images of works from McCall’s almost forty-year career, this book is the first-ever tribute to McCall’s cultural contributions and mastery of the button in art. Includes an intro essay by Souleo and contributions from numerous art world experts.

PBS Covers "Beau McCall: Buttons On!" -- Curated by Souleo

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ABC BOSTON COVERS "BEAU MCCALL: BUTTONS ON!" -- Curated By Souleo

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Press! Beau McCall Buttons On!

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Check out press highlights for the exhibition Beau McCall: Buttons On! curated by Souleo and organized by Beth McLaughlin, Fuller Craft Museum.


  • PBS
  • ABC Boston
  • FOX 5 NY
  • NBC NY
  • NY1
  • Boston Globe
  • Harvard Magazine
  • Smithsonian Folklife Magazine
  • Forbes
  • Art New England (cover story)
  • Columbia University's Columbia Neighbors
  • NPR's WBUR (Boston)
  • American Craft
  • Tatter
  • Canvas Rebel
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On view at Fashion Outlets of Chicago -- "Beau McCall: Button-Up, Button-Down" -- October 9, 2024-May 31, 2025 -- Curated by Souleo

Check out Beau McCall's new solo exhibition, Button-Up, Button-Down (curated by Souleo). The exhibition features select pieces from Beau's wearable art portfolio and his site-specific visual art installation, Jar of Buttons . Click here for more info.

Souleo Models for Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art x Travis Taddeo

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Souleo has been selected as one of the models for the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art x Travis Taddeo collection. The Museum's first collaborative capsule collection combines the worlds of art and fashion to celebrate the wide spectrum of identities and experiences across the LGBTQIA+ community and recognize the oath-making spirit of its culture.


Photo by Deontè Lee.

Press! The People's Ball 2024

Check out press highlights from The People's Ball 2024 (co-curated by Souleo). And watch footage from the event here.


  • Time Out NY
  • Gothamist
  • Brooklyn Paper
  • Brooklyn Mag
  • LookOnline.com

Dianne Smith: Two Turntables & A Microphone -- July 7, 2023 Through August 20, 2023 -- The Bronx Museum of The Arts -- Curated by Souleo

Excited to be curating this solo exhibition by Dianne Smith at The Bronx Museum of the Arts. Click here for more info.

REWIND: HISTORY ON REPEAT--June 2, 2023 through September 8, 2023 Curated by Souleo

Excited to be curating this solo exhibition by Beau McCall celebrating his debut artists' book REWIND: Memories on Repeat. Click here for more info.

UPTOWN TRIENNIAL 2023--June 23, 2023 through September 17, 2023 -- Co-Curated by Souleo (With Betti-Sue HerTz & Lewis Long)

Excited to be co-curating this important group exhibition. Click here for more info.

SOULEO PROFILED IN NEW BOOK: MUSE BY RUTH MILLINGTON

Check out Souleo's profile in the chapter titled, "Souleo: Icon of Harlem." Author, Ruth Millington discusses Souleo's role as a muse for Kehinde Wiley. 


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NY Times Style Section features Souleo

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Click here to check out Souleo's other NY Times style section appearances.

NY Times Style Section features Souleo

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Click here to check out Souleo's other NY Times style section appearances.

TIME OUT NY FEATURES SOULEO

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Click here to check out Souleo's other style coverage.

Souleo FEATURED IN NEW PLAYING CARDS

Click here to purchase the new playing cards by Abigail Ekue from her photography series, "Black in Black & White."

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Beau McCall: Buttons On! at the Museum of Craft and Design (San Francisco, CA).


On view May 10 through September 14, 2025.


Curated by Souleo.

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