About Us
Welcome to the National Alliance of Artists from Historical Black Colleges and Universities. NAAHBCU is a non-profit professional organization that educates, promotes artists and art programs within Historical Black Colleges and Universities. Our mission is to bring art and art education to the forefront of member institutions and to keep these programs as institutional priorities for generations to come. The arts remain venerable in the education system and we are a force that discusses and reacts to issues facing HBCU institution artists and students. We welcome you to contact us for exhibitions, lectures, and workshops.
Sincerely,
Peggy Blood, Ph.D.
President, NAAHBCU
Our History
The National Alliance of Artists was founded on May 19, 2000, on the campus of Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia.
From the eleven (11) Charter Members, the organization has grown to include more than 60 exceptionally talented visual artists from various parts of the country. However, our goal is not embedded in numbers, but in current and quality art production, and for the desire for artists to gain exposure as teachers, scholars, and mentors to the promising art majors attending our HBCUs. By the same token, our undertaking is even broader. Historically, art programs at HBCUs have worked independently of each other, holding exhibits, confronting local issues, training students, and preparing curriculums. Conversely, our group remains close, meets annually to share information about current technology and scholarships, and re-introduce present and past art legends who have established traditions at our great institutions.
Our Mission
The NAAHBCU is an organization of artists and professors from HBCUs with a mission to bring Art and Art Education to the forefront of member institutions and to keep these programs as institutional priorities for generations to come. The Alliance is committed to developing in its members, and especially students, the artistic and life skills needed to function as literate citizens in the society of today and in the future. The NAAHBCU also provides comprehensive activities that offer artistic and expressive opportunities for professional artists employed or formerly employed at member institutions as well as for historians and curators, collectors, and friends of the arts.
Our Published Textbook
Below the Surface:
Ethnic Echoes in America's Modern and Contemporary Art
Author(s): Peggy Blood, Lee Ransaw
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 306
Our Institution Representation
Alabama State University
Albany State University
Bowie State University
Univ. of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Fort Valley State University
Savannah State University
Southern University A & M College
Southern University at New Orleans
Jackson State University
North Carolina A & T State Univ.
Winston-Salem State University
Central State University
Prairie View A&M University
Virginia State University
Stillman College
Tuskegee University
Clark Atlanta University
Morehouse College
Morgan State University
Morris Brown College
Dillard University
Xavier University of LA
Tougaloo College
Johnson C. Smith University
Claflin University
Lemoyne-Owen College
Howard University