Bing Davis has created a legacy as an educator, artist, mentor, community builder, community leader and innovator. He has spent his lifetime as an artist who creates opportunities for others. Born in ...

Exhibitions and Events Traveling Exhibitions Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper Willis “Bing” Davis: I’ve Known Rivers Arts & Culture Arts University Galleries & Collections ...

When: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 Where: UD Sears Recital Hall, Jesse Philips Humanities Building, park in Lot C. What: “Marking the Past/Shaping the Present: The Art of Willis ‘Bing’ Davis” When: ...

I recently sat down with renowned Dayton artist Willis Bing Davis to discuss the influence of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar on his life and Bing’s vision to cultivate a space where Dunbar’s legacy can ...

A series of portraits hang on the walls of Bing Davis's art studio in Dayton. They showcase the city's skyscrapers — not its towering buildings, but high-achieving Black community members. Inside ...

Art might not be therapy for everyone, but it can help people overcome. In this video, Willis "Bing" Davis recounts an experience with an inmate serving a life sentence. Willis "Bing" Davis: Reach ...

The arts often spur shared experiences, which can open doors between people. When very different people share the same art experience, it can spur conversation and understanding between them. For ...

An interview of Willis "Bing" Davis conducted 2007 August 11, by Josephine Shea, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, ...

Willis "Bing" Davis '59 brough an exhibition of his art, "Ceremony and Ritual," to campus in February 1998. He spoke at this opening reception on March 11, 1998. Earlier in the day, he presented a ...