FAMU Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery

04/10/2023

Excellent article written by 'The FAMUAN' staff writer, Chelsie Ross about FAMU graduating art students Kala Way and Jude Jones and their art exhibits.

“I did two paintings each month while doing work and school, so it was a little hard but with the time and effort I put into it and mostly all-nighters, I was able to finish,” Way said.

“I create my own nightmare in one that I can control and one that I have complete power over so that way I can still make it as scary as I want but there’s still the escape there,” Jones shared. Jude Jones artwork was used as a form of therapy in a sense. She could collect her fears and traumas and turn them into something beautiful. She also wanted to highlight the transition from girlhood to adulthood.

Read the entire FAMUAN article here:

Kala Way and Jude Jones, upcoming graduates of Florida A&M University, inspired others as they shared the motivations behind their art exhibits at the Foster-Tanner Gallery Thursday evening. The two touched on deeper and more personal and emotional topics in their collections. Way’s “Outsi

03/28/2023

The Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery is pleased to present the senior series works of FAMU Fine Arts seniors Kala Way (Jacksonville, Fla) and Jude Jones (Washington, D.C.) April 3 - April 28, 2023.

Way and Jones will present their respective series, "Outside the Garden" and "REM Diaries" in the Lower-Level Gallery.
Way said her "series highlights the impact that Adam and Eve's sin have on gender roles." Jones' series examines the persona within dreams and invites the viewer to reconsider how they process their own subconscious thoughts and emotions.

The public is invited to attend the opening reception, Thursday, April 6, from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., when Way and Jones will present an art talk about their paintings, starting at 5:30 p.m.

"Elevation From Within: A Study of Art from Historically Black Colleges and Universities" will also still be on view in the other galleries until May 5, 2023.

Gallery hours: Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

02/03/2023

We are excited to now offer exhibition tours. Our docents highlight works of art in the current...

02/03/2023

Learn more about our current exhibition on a guided art tour! Learn more about how to participate here.

02/03/2023

Happy Friday!
Featured work in the "Elevation From Within: The Study of Art at HBCUs"

Benny Andrews
"Walkers with the Dawn"
Fabric, oil and paper collage on paper
2005

01/27/2023

Opening night for "Elevation From Within." Thank you all for celebrating this wonderful, chilly January evening!

01/23/2023

01/23/2023

Join us for the opening reception of Elevation From Within: Art at Historically Black Colleges and Universities Thursday, January 26, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery.

Elevation From Within: Art at Historically Black Colleges and Universities presents a historically and culturally impressive selection of original works of art by Black artists spanning the 20th and 21st centuries. Elevation from Within is curated by Dr. Leo Twiggs. A native of St. Stephen, South Carolina and Claflin University alumnus (1956). Elevation from Within pays homage to HBCU alumni and professors whose educational backgrounds chronicle a vital chapter of American history and whose aesthetic achievements have made an indelible mark on this nation’s art. HBCUs have served as stewards of visual art by Black artists since the early 20th century. This curated collection feature works drawn from the Johnson Collection’s holdings of paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures.

This exhibition features works of art by 20th- and 21st-century artists John Biggers, Beverly Buchanan, Aaron Douglas, James Herring, James Porter, Alma Thomas, Leo Twiggs, Charles White, Ellis Wilson, Benny Andrews, and Hale Woodruff. This exhibition speaks both to and of the curator’s own experiences. Twiggs stated, “For African Americans living in a segregated society, the sources for our creative expression came from within. Our hardships are expressed in our blues, our many moods in our jazz, and our relationship to God in our spirituals. Painting, sculpture, and dance became a way to express all of it visually.” “My paintings always express my personal journey. It is only through the humanity of the personal that expression is elevated to the universal.”

01/04/2023

Learn more about our upcoming exhibition "Elevation from Within: Art at Historically Black Colleges and Universities" here

Exhibition