Dunkley, Tina
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Encyclopedia article about the Clark Atlanta University Art Gallery. Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia has a long-established tradition in promoting the visual arts. Under the direction of one of Georgia's first college professors of art, Hale Woodruff (1900-1980), the university hosted national exhibitions (1942-70) for African American artists who were excluded from public and cultural institutions because of segregation. During this twenty-nine-year period, more than 900 black artists from around the country sent their works to compete in the Exhibition of Paintings, Prints, and Sculptures by Negro Artists of America. Works that received purchase awards became part of the permanent collection, which by 2001 totaled more than 950 objects and included an African art collection of study quality. Though many of these artists--Jacob Lawrence, Elizabeth Catlett, Romare Bearden, John Biggers, Lois Mailou Jones, and John Wilson, for example--were virtually unknown to mainstream art institutions, they became, and continue to become, renowned on the American art scene.
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Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African American Art
- African Americans
- Art Museums
- Atlanta
- Clark Atlanta University Art Gallery
- Georgia
- Museums
