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KINDRED SPIRITS: INTERGENERATIONAL FORMS OF EXPRESSION, 1966–1999Frist Art Museum / 919 Broadway March 14 - June 1st

1966 marked the centennial year of Fisk University, the oldest institution for higher learning in Nashville, Tennessee. It also represented a moment of transition after the retirement of Aaron Douglas, founder and chair of Fisk’s Art Department and a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance. The appointment of David C. Driskell as Douglas’s successor ushered in a broadening view of the African diasporic arts through instructional innovation and the expansion of the university’s collections, artist residency programs, and exhibi...