This artwork shows six common subjects in art: outer space, mountain scene, growth abstract, picnic place-setting, floral bouquet and myth narrative. Each was painted by a college student in response to the challenge of incorporating a new medium in their art to create a collaborative artwork with a much older generation, in conversation with the art of contemporary Black artists, reflecting on healing racial hatred. The students in Dr. Liz Langdon’s Community Collaborations in Art Education class engaged with two exhibitions at the Spencer Museum of Art. The exhibition of Emmet Till and Mamie Till Mobely: Let the World See, about a historically significant racially motivated hate crime in 1950 led the students to wonder how people of that generation could have let that happen. This coincided with an art exhibition of contemporary Black artists in an adjacent gallery. Our racially mixed class were shocked at the hate crime and intrigued by the contemporary art exhibit. They were impressed with how the artists’ experiences as Black in America elicited responses that broke with traditional painting methods in the use of mixed media and bling. Bling is embellishment with fancy jewelry and became part of popular culture in the early 2000’s finding its way into Black artists’ work, and now may be seen in the popularity of crafts that glitter.  Students researched artists from the exhibition and identified a local Black artist, Ursula Minor, who creates original glittery beaded surfaces and examples of her work were brought to class. In planning an art activity with retirement community residents (RCR), Langdon learned that they enjoyed creating with Diamond Dots, and the idea for a bling painting collaboration was born. Students easily connected their research into the idea of collaborative paintings, where older residents’ crafting with Diamond Dots contributed bling to create paintings. They shared their research with the older generation they assumed might be disinterested. Instead, during the workshop one resident brought a book to share Chasing Me to My Grave about the art and life story of Winfred Rembert, another Black artist from a different generation. Another participant told us of her lifelong friendship with the local Black artist we had identified. This finished artwork combines the students’ canvases thematically through the multiple uses of bling to dazzle and unite the image. It represents that there is potential to dazzle in both the mundane and the cosmic. I believe for RCR and students alike the opportunity to learn from one another was the most precious part of the afternoon. One of my students, familiar with the craft from home commented, “What I saw from diamond painting there and what I saw during our time here aligned: it was a way for people to exercise the joyous feeling of creation, as well as being a way for people to connect with each other. Like other artforms typically relegated to ‘craft’ status like crochet, knitting, and cross-stitch, it’s easy to complete while having a conversation with others.”  We returned the finished artwork to the residents to enjoy in a common living space, reflecting multiple generations’ ideas of beauty, with the intention of returning ourselves.