The Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA/the Museum) announced today it has published a digital catalogue documenting a series of five exhibitions and related public programs organized in .
Mississippi Museum of Art and Tougaloo College release Art and Civil Rights Initiative digital catalogue
Romare Bearden (1911-1988), The Train, 1975. etching, 29.875 x 22 in. Bequest of Sara Virginia Jones. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art. 1991.214.
JACKSON, MISS
.- The Mississippi Museum of Art announced today it has published a digital catalogue documenting a series of five exhibitions and related public programs organized in partnership with Tougaloo College through the Museums Art and Civil Rights Initiative.
In 2017, MMA and the College joined creative forces to form ACRI, a multi-layered, three-year partnership to leverage the art collections of both institutions to foster community dialogue about civil rights issues, past and present. Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, ACRI supported work in art practice, collections development, research and scholarship, an exhibition and lecture series, and paid Internships. The topics, artworks, and programs addressed