Tuskegee University class takes virtual tour of globally renowned Kinsey Collection at Auburn University fine art museum

On Tuskegee University’s last day of classes for the fall semester, Zanice Bond’s English class was able to take a virtual visit of The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection exhibition at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University on Monday, Dec. 5.

During the private tour, students were treated to many art pieces and historical objects tied to the local region, such as an original Black Panther Party logo design made in Lowndes County, quilts created by Gee’s Bend quiltmakers and even a 1940s image of the famous Tuskegee Airmen taken by an unknown photographer. Randi Evans, the museum’s manager of public practice and community partnerships within the Education, Engagement and Learning Department, led the students on the tour via Zoom.

The partnership between the two institutions’ units that orchestrated the tour reflected the shared, rooted history between Auburn and Tuskegee. The collaboration serves as an illustration of the recently signed memorandum of understanding formed between the two universities to address racial and health disparities throughout Alabama.

This is the first time this traveling exhibition has visited Alabama, and it has proven to be a great connector of the Auburn and Tuskegee area.

Submitted by: Mason Williams