Paul Keene 1920-2009

Jazz transcends the boundaries of music. Its spontaneous, vibrant form is built on decades of adaptation. Evolving from blues and ragtime in the African American community, jazz was born of...

Curated, researched, and written by Truman State University students, Mobility: African American Artists Abroad explores how, by going abroad, African American artists from the nineteenth century to the present have...

Curated by Leandra-Juliet Kelley, Collections + Exhibitions Manager, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts+Culture Visions: A Study of Form examines African Americans of the 20th century and their explorations...

FIGURES AND PROJECTIONS: SELECTIONS FROM THE PFF COLLECTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art is pleased to loan over 40 works to The...

Black artists explore spirituality and culture in Afrocosmologies: American Reflections. Alongside artists of the late-nineteenth century, contemporary artists define new ideas about spirituality, identity, and the environment in ways that...

In 21st-century America, questions of race and identity are being explored as never before. This exploration has prompted many artists of color to investigate what constitutes identity, community, and the...