GeorgiaThe Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, formerly known as the Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries, holds one of the most significant collections of 20th-century African American art in the South, with more than 1,200 works. Its origins lie in 1942, when artist Hale Woodruff, a faculty member since 1931, launched the annual Atlanta University exhibitions to give Black artists exposure denied them by segregation. Running from 1942 to 1970, these national exhibitions drew works from hundreds of African American artists, and the roughly 290 pieces the university purchased form the core of today's permanent collection. The museum's mission is to collect, preserve, research, and exhibit art documenting the African American experience and the broader African diaspora. Among its treasures are Woodruff's six-panel Art of the Negro mural series, painted 1950-51 and housed in Trevor Arnett Hall.
Clark Atlanta University ART Galleries
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Clark Atlanta University ART Galleries is a museum in Atlanta, Fulton County. It is one of 28 museums documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.7483, -84.4129 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Atlanta University Center (college & university), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Trevor Arnett Hall, The Atlanta Student Movement, and Atlanta Student Movement.
This record is drawn from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, formerly known as the Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries, holds one of the most significant collections of 20th-century African American art in the South, with more than 1,200 works. Its origins lie in 1942, when artist Hale Woodruff, a faculty member since 1931, launched the annual Atlanta University exhibitions to give Black artists exposure denied them by segregation. Running from 1942 to 1970, these national exhibitions drew works from hundreds of African American artists, and the roughly 290 pieces the university purchased form the core of today's permanent collection. The museum's mission is to collect, preserve, research, and exhibit art documenting the African American experience and the broader African diaspora. Among its treasures are Woodruff's six-panel Art of the Negro mural series, painted 1950-51 and housed in Trevor Arnett Hall.
Sources: georgiaencyclopedia.orgcau.eduwestsidefuturefund.org
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