--- title: Beyonce Praises Mom Tina Knowles for Wearable Art Gala PHOTO description: Beyoncé shared a heartfelt tribute to her mom, Tina Knowles Lawson, for all her hard work organizing the inaugural Wearable Art Gala. canonical: https://time.com/4761319/beyonce-mom-tina-knowles-wearable-art-gala/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-01T15:06:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:13.155Z og:title: Beyoncé Wears Flower Crown for Emotional Tribute to Her Mom og:description: "You inspire us all to be generous, selfless, positive" og:url: https://time.com/4761319/beyonce-mom-tina-knowles-wearable-art-gala/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8a9f9b83ffb4d7f/6988cb5ca988ca3ecb6bc031/tina-knowles.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Tina Knowles at Wearable Art Gala og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Beyoncé Wears Flower Crown for Emotional Tribute to Her Mom twitter:description: "You inspire us all to be generous, selfless, positive" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8a9f9b83ffb4d7f/6988cb5ca988ca3ecb6bc031/tina-knowles.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Beyoncé Wore an Elaborate Flower Crown for This Emotional Tribute to Tina Knowles > Sponsored content. 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Tina Knowles arrives for the Wearable Art Gala at California African American Museum on April 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 1, 2017 3:06 PM UTC After attending the inaugural Wearable Art Gala at the California [African American Museum](http://time.com/4487318/smithsonian-museum-african-american-history-culture/) Saturday, [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4656929/beyonce-pregnant-twins/) not only shared a [photo of her latest stunning maternity outfit](https://www.instagram.com/p/BTiGTmmgA2R/?taken-by=beyonce&hl=en) — which featured an elaborate flower crown — but also a heartfelt tribute to her mom, [Tina Knowles Lawson](http://motto.time.com/4704277/tina-knowles-beyonce-corny-jokes/), for organizing the night. Bey took to Instagram Sunday to post a shot of herself, her mom, her sister Solange and her former Destiny’s Child partner Kelly Rowland together at the event with a caption praising Knowles for all her hard work. “I am super proud of my beautiful mother for creating such an awesome event,” she wrote. “Close to $1 million was raised for The WACO Theater Center to benefit young people through their mentorship programs and the arts. Mom, you inspire us all to be generous, selfless, positive, to have empathy, to love and to praise creativity in the world. It brought tears to my eyes to be a witness to what you and Richard \[Lawson\] have created together. WACO is a safe place truly Where Art Can Occur. 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