Mobility: African American Artists Abroad: Truman State University

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 broadened their spheres of influence and been emboldened by their travels to experiment with new techniques, content, and styles. 

This exhibition is part of PFF’s educational initiative that enables college students to have hands-on curatorial experience with objects from the PFF Collection. Heidi Cook, Ph.D., worked with students over the course of three semesters to research, plan, and design the exhibition. As a result of their collective efforts, Mobility is our largest student-curated exhibition to date, spanning 50 works from the collection.