Beau McCall

Beau McCall aka “The Button Man” creates visual and wearable art by hand-sewing clothing buttons onto mostly upcycled fabrics, materials, and objects. His artworks, offering commentary on topics such as pop culture and social justice are held in the permanent collection of institutions including the Getty Research Institute, Museum of Arts and Design, The Museum at FIT, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. In 2024, McCall debuted his retrospective and exhibition catalog titled, Beau McCall: Buttons On! at Fuller Craft Museum. The exhibition is currently on a nationwide tour.

Photo credit: Photo by Rohit Venkatraman