Spelman College Museum of Fine Art

07/07/2023

Please migrate over to our new Facebook account, https://www.facebook.com/spelmancollegemuseum!

05/11/2023

Hello friends, thank you for bearing with us as we update our social media channels and website.

We will be migrating our page to https://www.facebook.com/spelmancollegemuseum

We are also conducting a survey and would love your feedback. We would like to get a greater understanding of our patrons and are conducting a brief survey. We would love your feedback.

04/11/2023

Happy Founders Day! We are pleased to announce that Thy Name We Praise by artist and Spelman alumna C'98 Calida Rawles is part of the permanent collection in co-acquisition with the Terra Foundation, purchased in honor of Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D., 10th President of Spelman College. “Calida mentioned that there's so much copper and gold (in the skin) and silver iridescent paint (in the dress) that it shimmers.”

03/30/2023

We have two internship opportunities in the museum. We are looking for energetic and organized students for the summer.

The Curatorial Internship is open only to Spelman College students and will prioritize students with Art or Art History majors or minors. The internship will start May 22 – July 17, 2023.

The Collections Care Internship is open to any undergraduate or graduate student who majors in Studio Art, Art History, Chemistry or related fields. The internship will start June 5 – July 28, 2023.

Both opportunities are paid.

To express interest please send a CV and cover letter with which opportunity you are interested in the subject header to [email protected].

03/23/2023

This morning we had the pleasure of giving Arthur Lewis and the UTA team a tour of the museum and the Black American Portraits exhibit with Dr. Gayles, Dr. Keith and media scholars.

03/21/2023

We're back to normal hours this week. Wednesday - Saturday 12noon - 5pm.

03/20/2023

The second Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Distinguished Lecture of the academic year, Freda Isingoma will consider the questions and topical issues relating to investing in African Art.

Freda Isingoma is an entrepreneur and investment banking professional who has worked in multinational and leading investment institutions in the UK, US and South Africa. Freda has been collecting art from Africa and the Diaspora for over 20 years. In 2018, she founded KIISA to provide innovative investment and impact solutions that drive the growth, visibility, knowledge, and sustainability of the African and Diaspora art ecosystem.

More recently, Freda joined an award-winning team at Octopus Investments as a Fund Manager specializing in investment in UK listed small companies, primarily managing the Octopus AIM Venture Capital Trusts. Octopus Investments is the UK’s largest Venture Capital firm.

In Assets Rising: Investing in African & Diaspora Art, she will consider why art is increasingly considered an asset class, the different models of art investing and why the time to invest in African & Diaspora art is now!

This lecture is open to the public and will be live-streamed. RSVP for information to access the live stream. A reception will follow the lecture.

Assets Rising: Investing in African & Diaspora Art with Freda Isingoma, CEO and Founder, KIISA & Fund Manager, Octopus Investments

03/16/2023

We are closed this week for Spring Break, but exciting things are happening. Stay Tuned!

11/15/2021

A belated congratulations to Anne Collins Smith, Curator of Collections at Spelman Museum for her participation in the Center for Curatorial Leadership’s 2021 cohort of Fellows!

THE CENTER FOR CURATORIAL LEADERSHIP (CCL) trains curators to become visionary leaders of art museums. At a time when the demands of cultural institutions and the public are rapidly evolving, CCL provides essential tools to guide today’s museums and anticipate future challenges. The CCL model encompasses mentorships with innovators and museum directors, rigorous coursework in strategic management, and professional networks for support and growth. With its graduates now at the helm of major art institutions, CCL is helping to build the next generation of museum leaders, ones who combine traditional curatorial connoisseurship and art historical scholarship with administrative, managerial, and strategic expertise.

10/30/2021

Spelman College Museum Director Liz Andrews will open two exhibitions at LACMA next month: The Obama Portraits Tour and Black American Portraits. Andrews and Christine Y. Kim curated both shows with Breanne Bradley. Both shows open on Los Angeles November 7th 💙✨