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Fifth Annual AUC Art Collective Symposium Archival Activism
Join us for the fifth annual AUC Art Collective Symposium, a thought-provoking symposium exploring the impact of archives on artists, history, and artistic legacies. This year’s symposium, Archival Activism, brings together artists, scholars, and cultural practitioners to examine how archives shape narratives, preserve histories, and influence contemporary artistic expression.
Date: Friday, March 27, 2026
Time: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Location: Spelman College
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Image credit: James M. Davis, “The Colored School, Vicksburg, Mississippi,” 1891
Partnering Organizations
- Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective
- Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
- AUC Art Collective
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
- AUC Art Collective Museum

Art and Events
- Art and Events
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Exhibitions
- Calida Rawles: Away with the Tides
- Digital
- Exhibition Materials
- Repossessions
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Past Exhibitions
- AFRICA FORECAST: Fashioning Contemporary Life
- Amanda Williams
- American People, Black Light: Faith Ringgold’s Paintings of the 1960s
- Amy Sherald
- Beverly Buchanan — Ruins and Rituals
- Black American Portraits
- Black Chronicles II
- Brides of Anansi: Fiber and Contemporary Art
- Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi
- Harmonia Rosales
- Howardena Pindell
- Lava Thomas: Homecoming
- Maren Hassinger... Dreaming
- Material Girls: Contemporary Black Women Artists
- Mickalene Thomas: Mentors, Muses, and Celebrities
- Mildred Thompson, the Atlanta Years, 1986-2003
- Ming Smith: Feeling the Future
- Multiple Choice: Perspectives on the Spelman College Collection
- Nancy Elizabeth Prophet
- Posing Beauty in African American Culture
- PRESENCE: Meditations on the Spelman College Collection
- Renée Stout: Tales of the Conjure Woman
- Silver Linings
- Theaster Gates: Black Image Corporation
- Threaded
- Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness
- 15 x 15:The 15th Anniversary Acquisitions Exhibition
- News
- The Collection
Contact Info
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
GPS Address: 440 Westview Drive, Atlanta, GA 30310
404-270-5607
museum@spelman.edu
Wed. – Sat. | 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.