AUC Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective
Atlanta Art Week Event:
Art History is our Legacy – AUC Walking Tour: Starts at The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art | Southside
Tuesday: Oct 1, 2024 | 3-4pm
AUC Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective
350 Spelman Lane 30314
About Event:
The AUC Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective will offer a walking tour of the historic campus buildings, artworks, and artists of Atlanta’s West End. In addition, the Spelman Museum of Fine Art and the Clark Atlanta University Museum will feature exhibitions that we will complement with programming, including student-led tours and other engaging activities. Through these initiatives, we hope to connect and welcome our neighbors and collaborators and encourage them to engage more with our public offerings.
About Organization:
The Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective is the first and only undergraduate program in the United States designed with the specific purpose of educating the next generation of African American museum professionals. Made possible by the generous support of a multi-year grant awarded by the Alice L. Walton Foundation in 2018, the AUC Art Collective serves students of the largest Historically Black College and University network in the country, numbering 8,000 students, at Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College and Spelman College.
The Atlanta University Center also boasts the historic Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, the Robert W. Woodruff Library and award-winning scholars among its assets primed to uniquely position the AUC Art Collective for success.The AUC Art Collective offers a major and minor in Art History and a minor in Curatorial Studies, with all courses taught by faculty experts in the Department of Art and Visual Culture at Spelman College. Designed to be a pipeline for African American students to revolutionize the art industry, including the museum professions, the AUC Art Collective also offers an Early College Program for high school students in partnership with the High Museum of Art, paid summer internships and scholarship support. Upon graduation, the expectation is that students will pursue a variety of post-graduate opportunities that will ultimately lead to full-time employment in the art industry, namely the museum professions, creating increased and sustained diversity and unparalleled innovation.
https://aucartcollective.org/ | @auc_artcollective