Art & Activism at Tougaloo College

 

Tracy Sugarman (American, 1921–2013), Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer and COFO Volunteers, Ruleville, 1964.

Wednesday, December 13 6:30-7:30 PM Program 7:30-8:30 PM Reception SVA Theatre, 333 W. 23rd Street This program is free and open to the public with registration

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The American Federation of Arts is pleased to welcome you to an illuminating talk on Tougaloo College, a liberal arts college founded in 1869 by the American Missionary Association. Amid statewide poverty, voter suppression, and racial violence, the Tougaloo faculty, students, and local activists became nationally renowned for their role in organizing Woolworth’s counter sit-ins in protest of segregation in Jackson during the 1960s.

Betty Parsons (American, 1900-1982), Untitled, 1962.

Speakers Turry Flucker and Dr. Doris Browne will illuminate the lesser known, interlinked history of the Tougaloo College Art Collections, founded by the New York Art Committee during this same era of civil rights protests. Led by famed art writer and critic Dore Ashton, Tougaloo College was transformed into a hub of European and New York School modernism, and, as envisioned by the collector's founders, “an interracial oasis in which the fine arts are the focus and magnet.” Today, with diverse holdings ranging from Henri Matisse to Romare Beaden, Tougaloo College, its art collections, and students continue this inspiring legacy of daring art and direct action.  This program coincides with the AFA exhibition, Art and Activism at Tougaloo College, as it concludes its four-venue national tour. For questions and additional information, please contact events@amfedarts.org

About the speakers:   Turry M. Flucker serves as the Vice President of Collections and Partnerships for the Terra Foundation for American Art where he oversees the foundation’s American art collection as well as fosters collaborative partnerships throughout the field. Prior to joining Terra, Flucker was director and curator of Tougaloo College Art Collections. While at Tougaloo, he curated and authored the traveling exhibition and catalogue Art and Activism at Tougaloo College, co-organized by the American Federation of Arts, and organized the teaching exhibition FREEDOM: Abstract Expressionism, Tougaloo College and the Civil Rights Movement. He also serves on a range of boards and committees, including the Brooklyn Museum’s American Galleries Reinstallation Advisory Committee; the Louisiana National Register Committee; the Mississippi Nurses Foundation; the Alexander Pierre (A.P.) Tureaud Sr. Legacy Committee; and the Louisiana Civil Rights Museum Advisory Board. Flucker earned a BA in History with an emphasis in African American Studies from Tougaloo College and an MA in Southern Studies from the University of Mississippi.   Dr. Doris Browne is President/CEO, Browne and Associates, LLC, a health consulting company that addresses national and global health inequities, a medical oncologist, and the 118th President of the National Medical Association. As President of the NMA, she focused on a Collaborative Approach to Health Equity entitled “The Urgency of Now: Creating a Culture for Health Equity. She achieved national and international recognition as an expert educator and speaker. Her public health background includes health education programs on women’s health, cancer, climate health and environmental justice, sickle cell disease, HIV/AIDS, and radiation casualties, including participating in an international disaster preparedness and humanitarian assistance program for 17 West African Nations. Dr. Browne is a retired Colonel from the U. S. Army, Medical Corps and retired from National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute where she managed the breast cancer portfolio. She is a graduate of Tougaloo College (BS), UCLA (MPH), and Georgetown University (M.D.) and completed an internship, residency, and fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Hematology-Oncology. She is a member of numerous professional organizations, Trinity Episcopal Church and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She is the recipient of plentiful awards including the NIH Merit Award and Top Blacks in Healthcare Award.

AFA public programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. These programs are also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. We are additionally grateful for the support of the American Chai Trust.

IMAGE CREDITS (Top to bottom): Tracy Sugarman (American, 1921–2013), Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer and COFO Volunteers, Ruleville, 1964, printed 1996. Offset lithograph, 193/4 × 223/4 in. Tougaloo College Art Collections, Tracy Sugarman Collection, Gift of Tracy Sugarman, 2002.05. Courtesy Tougaloo College Art Collections; Betty Parsons (American, 1900-1982), Untitled, 1962, Gouache, 22 x 15 1/2 inches, Tougaloo College Art Collections, Gift of Betty Parsons, 1964.051, © 2022 Betty Parsons and William P. Rayner Foundation. Courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York; Turry Flucker. Photo: Mark Geil; Doris Browne.

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