Exhibitions

Selections from The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art

Hunterdon Art Museum 18 May - 31 Aug 2025 The eight works in this exhibition are on loan from The Petrucci Family Foundation, which began to collect the works of Black Artists in 2012 in “the belief that we cannot truly understand American history without understanding African American history.” The collection now includes more than 500 works of art... Read more

Queens, Gods, and Devotees

Frances M. Maguire Art Museum 26 Sep - 15 Dec 2024 Featuring over 30 paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints, and fiber works from ca. 1900 to the present, Queens, Gods, and Devotees foregrounds earthly and divine greatness, and their associated devotional objects and ritual practices. Spanning continents, cultures, and eras, many of these images of exalted figures and concepts related to spirituality... Read more

Mobility: African American Artists Abroad

Truman State University 24 Jan - 1 Mar 2024 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... Read more

Perspectives on the Past

Barbara Crawford Gallery 11 Jan - 8 Mar 2024 Perspectives on the Past brings together over 20 paintings, prints, photographs, mixed media works, and sculptures by 14 internationally recognized artists of African descent that address defining moments and concepts in American history. Focusing on historical figures and events as well as cultural memories from familial and ancestral pasts, the... Read more

Claiming Freedom

Lafayette College Skillman Library 3 Jan - 5 Jun 2024 “Claiming Freedom: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art ” will be on display in Skillman Library through Spring 2024. Drawing inspiration from Annette Gordon Reed’s “On Juneteenth,” this exhibition seeks to highlight the tension present in commemorating the past, celebrating progress, and acknowledging the urgent... Read more

Tribeca Showcase

Pop-up Exhibition 4 May - 10 Jun 2023 In May 2023, the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art installed its first exhibition showcase in New York City. Initially intended for a three-week run, this pop-up exhibition was extended through June 10th, due to increased demand. The PFF Collection Tribeca Showcase was an opportunity to provide a... Read more

Healing through the Preservation of Our Histories and Ourselves

University of Mary Washington 27 Jan - 24 Mar 2022 The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art was pleased to have loaned over 30 works to the Ridderhof Martin and duPont Galleries at the University of Mary Washington (UMW). Healing Through the Preservation of Our Histories and Our Selves was co-curated by a cohort of UMW students, faculty,... Read more

Another American's Autobiography

Sigal Museum 19 Nov 2021 - 10 Jul 2022 Guest curated by Claudia Volpe, Director of the Petrucci Family Foundation, Another American’s Autobiography: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation’s Collection of African American Art featured over 25 pieces of art from our collection. The selected works explored American patriotism and identity as it relates to the Black American experience.... Read more

Figures and Projections

Kutztown University 28 Oct - 31 Dec 2021 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 Marlin and Regina Miller Gallery at Kutztown University. Figures and Projections was co-curated by Art History professor Daniel Haxall, Gallery... Read more

Otherwise/Revival

Bridge Projects 1 Mar - 30 Jul 2021 Otherwise/Revival is a group exhibition that visualizes the impact of the historic Black church— specifically the Black Pentecostal movement—on contemporary artists. Inspiration for the exhibition is drawn from reflecting on the event of the Azusa Street Revival. On April 9, 1906, from a home on Bonnie Brae Street in downtown... Read more

WOMENXWOMEN

Penn State Lehigh Valley 27 Jan - 14 Mar 2020 womenXwomen is a selection of artwork by (with the exception of Alix Ayme) African American women from the PFF collection. The selected works range from representations of other women, artists representing themselves, and pieces that capture the tremendous power that these artists have in their art forms. Ann Lalik’s curation... Read more

Afrocosmologies: American Reflection

Wadsworth Atheneum 19 Oct 2019 - 20 Jan 2020 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 move beyond traditional narratives of Black Christianity. In dialogue, these works acknowledge a continuing body of beliefs—a cosmology—that incorporates the... Read more

An Essential Presence

Allentown Art Museum, Scheller and Fowler Galleries 2 Jun - 1 Sep 2019 An Essential Presence: The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art This exhibition presents sixty-five pieces from the esteemed Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art , including more than forty works new to the collection and on view for the first time. Spanning the late nineteenth century to... Read more

Tangible Spirit

The Arts Center in Orange, The Morin Gallery 10 Feb - 29 Mar 2019 Tangible Spirit: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art Tangible Spirit was an exhibition of 35 works of art from the PFF Collection that span a broad history of time and talent. Each artist was inspired from the lived they lvied and now live. Each life... Read more

AIN’T I AMERICA

Hampton University Art Museum 25 Jan - 14 May 2019 AIN’T I AMERICA: SELECTIONS FROM THE PETRUCCI FAMILY FOUNDATION COLLECTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART Ain’t I America: Selections from The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art is presented by the Hampton University Museum in recognition of the statewide American Evolution: Virginia to America, 1619-2019 Commemoration and the City... Read more

Constructing Identity

Portland Art Museum 28 Jan - 18 Jun 2017 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 idea of a so-called post-racial society. Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art brings together paintings, sculpture, prints,... Read more