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Art and Activism at Tougaloo College

October 22, 2022 - January 16, 2023

The Amistad Center for Art & Culture hosts traveling exhibition co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Tougaloo College titled Art and Activism at Tougaloo College. Art and Activism examines the birth and development of the unique collection of modern art that is part of the historically Black college’s permanent collection. As civil rights protests swirled across the fiercely segregated south, the Tougaloo art collection was envisioned as “an interracial oasis in which the fine arts are the focus and the magnet.” Comprised of approximately thirty-five artworks in a range of media by both European and African American artists such as David Driskell, Francis Picabia, Elizabeth Catlett, Alma Thomas, Pablo Picasso, Richard Mayhew, Charles White and Hale Woodruff, the exhibition gives insight into a complex American collection established at the intersections of modern art and social justice.  Art and Activism will be on view October 22 through January 16, 2023.

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The Amistad Center for Art & Culture graciously thanks Millard H. & Claire M. Pryor and Family, Travelers, and The Hartford for their generous support.