Vincent Smith 1930-2004

Drawn entirely from the Petrucci Family Foundation’s collection, Tending to the Past brings together 33 works by 22 Black American artists that engage the persistent presence of history in Black...

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...

Portraiture and history painting were instrumental to the early formation of the United States, generating a vision that served to unify the young nation behind a cast of influential figures...

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...