As I think of the successes and failures of artists’ legacies, I’ve learned different stories tell different life’s circumstances, depending on luck and persistent efforts on the behalf of those who are dedicating their lives to perpetually keeping the artists’ works alive and contextually relevant in the former, while in the latter what requires of the artists’ caretakers, be it members of their families, friends or colleagues there my lack of clarity of intentions or self-motivations.
The Figge Art Museum’s newest exhibit is “Art and Activism at Tougaloo College,” a traveling exhibition co-organized by the American Federation of Arts (AFA) and Tougaloo College opening Saturday, Oct. 7. The exhibit traces the birth and development of a significant and distinctive collection that has shaped the Mississippi college’s efforts to advance the cause […]